Machine to compare the motion of a body following a straight line and a cycloid


53.8 x 131.4 x 37.8 Carved wood and brass


's Gravesande, Willem Jacob, Physices Elementa, Leiden, 1742, vol I, p. 454, Tab. XVII, Fig 3.
Desaguliers, Jean Théophile, A Course of Experimental Philosophy, London, 1734, vol I, p. 380, Pl.27, Fig.9.


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