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Paper, 'On the application of parabolic trigonometry to the investigation of the properties of the common catenary' by James Booth

Reference number: AP/39/24

Date: 1857

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Booth writes on the relation between the equation of the common catenary referred to rectangular coordinates, and one of the principal formulae of parabolic trigonometry. He suggests that 'the most curious analogies' exist between the properties of the catenary and the parabola.

Subject: Mathematics / Mechanics

Received 19 March 1857. Read 2 April 1857.

A version of this paper was published in volume 8 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the application of parabolic trigonometry to the investigation of the properties of the common catenary'.

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AP/39/24
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1857
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8 pages
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James Booth, Paper, 'On the application of parabolic trigonometry to the investigation of the properties of the common catenary' by James Booth, 1857, AP/39/24, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_39_24/paper-on-the-application-of-parabolic-trigonometry-to-the-investigation-of-the-properties-of-the-common-catenary-by-james-booth, accessed on 23 January 2025

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