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Code Number: 1L20.40
Demo Title: Conical Sections
Condition: Excellent
Principle: Curves and Arcs
Area of Study: Mechanics and Astronomy
Equipment:
Dissectible Cone.
Procedure:
See also: 1L20.40 in Astronomy.
No advanced notice necessary, set the equipment up as shown.
References:
- Thomas B. Greenslade Jr., "A Second Point Regarding Conic Sections", TPT, Vol. 52, #2, Feb. 2014, p. 69.
- William Layton, "Regarding Conic Sections", TPT, Vol. 52, #2, Feb. 2014, p. 68.
- Thomas B. Greenslade Jr., "The Shapes of Physics", TPT, Vol. 51, #9, Dec. 2013, p. 524.
- Hugh Henderson, "Of Orbits, Conics, and Grammar", TPT, Vol. 43, #2, Feb. 2005, p. 84.
- Kenneth E. Horst, "The Shape of Lamp Shade Shadows", TPT, Vol. 39, #2, Mar. 2001, p. 139.
- David Chandler, "Understanding Parabolic Reflectors Through Paper Folding", TPT, Vol. 39, #1, Jan. 2001, p. 24.
- Christopher Chiaverina, Cindee Scott, and Patricia Steele, "The Connections Project: Art, Physics, and Mathematics", TPT, Vol. 35, #5, May 1997, p. 292.
- Marvin Ohriner, Herbert H. Gottlieb, and The AAPT Committee on Apparatus, "Constructing on Hyperbola", TPT, Vol. 5, #6, Sept. 1967, p. 286, also A Potpourri of Physics Teaching Idea - Tricks of the Trade.
- James L. Cronin Jr., "Graphical Construction of Conic Sections", TPT, Vol. 4, #1, Jan. 1966, p. 19.
- Mario Iona, "Satellite Orbits", TPT, Vol. 1, #2, May 1963, p. 55.
- Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr., "Conic Section Cone", AJP, Vol. 80, #12, Dec. 2012, p. 1060.
- J. W. Foreman Jr., "The Conic Sections Revisited", AJP, Vol. 59, #11, Nov. 1991, p. 1002.
- Don Rathjen and Paul Doherty, "Hyperbolic Slot", Square Wheels, 2002, p. 35.
- D. Tattersfield, "Orbital Motion", Project & Demonstrations in Astronomy, p. 12.
- "Dissected Cone", Pike's Illustrated Catalogue of Scientific & Medical Instruments, Pike's Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue of Optical, Mathematical, and Philosophical Instruments, 1984, p. 269.
- The Queen Catalogues, Catalogue of Physical Instruments, No. 4044, p. 3