| Subject: | Re: Curves (no Vanagon content) |
| From: | Loren A. Busch |
| Date: | Wed, 29 Jan 2003 17:20:44 -0800 |
..... The path that the string takes is a natural hyperbolic, I believe........... Close, but no cigar. The curve of a free hanging rope, cable, string etc. is (and I hope I can spell this right) a cantenary curve, form the Latin for chain.
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