Catenary........... like the St Louis Arch, only upside down.

Randy Bergum
1990 Carat

Genius in his own mind..........
but not if you ask his ex wife......

> [Original Message]
> From: Loren A. Busch <lbusch@IX.NETCOM.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
 > Date: 1/29/2003 5:20:44 PM
> Subject: Re: Curves (no Vanagon content)
>
> ..... 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