Thursday, August 2, 2012

Reuleaux Triangle

Reuleaux Triangle is the simplest non-circular curve with constant width.  Although these curved triangles were used as architectural features as early as 13th century, and they appear in Leonardo Da Vinci's 15th century Codex Madrid, the constant width properties were demonstrated in the 19th century by the German mechanical engineer Franz Reuleaux. 





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