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§ 20. Simultaneous Restraint of Sliding and Turning 112
21. The Higher Pairs of Elements 115
22. Higher Pairs.—Duangle and Triangle 116
23. Point-paths of the Duangle relatively to the Equilateral Triangle 121
24. Point-paths of the Triangle relatively to the Duangle 125
25. Figures of Constant Breadth 129
26. Higher Pairs of Elements.—Equilateral Curve-triangle and Rhombus 131
27. Paths of Points of the Curve-triangle relatively to the Square 133
28. Paths described by Points of the Square relatively to the Curve-triangle 139
29. Higher Pairs of Elements:—other Curved Figures of Constant Breadth 139
30. General Determination of Profiles of Elements for a given Motion 146
31. First Method.—Determination of the Profile of one Element,
that of the other being arbitrarily assumed
148
32. Second Method.—Auxiliary Centroids 152
33. Third Method.—Profiles described by Secondary Centroids 155
34. Fourth Method.—Point-paths of Elements used as Profiles 156
35. Fifth Method.—Parallels or Equidistants to the Roulettes as Profiles 157
36. Sixth Method.—Approximations to Curved Profiles by Circular Arcs. Willis's Method 160
37. Seventh Method. The Centroids themselves as Profiles of Elements 163
38. Generalisation of the foregoing Methods 164
Chapter IV. Incomplete Pairs of Elements 169
§ 39. Closure of Pairs of Elements by Sensible Forces 169
40. Force-Closure in the Rolling of Axoids 171
41. Flectional Kinematic Elements 173
42. Springs 176
43. Closure of a Pair of Elements by a Kinematic Chain 178
44. Complete Kinematic Closure of the Flectional Elements 183
Chapter V. Incomplete Kinematic Chains 186
§ 45. Dead Points in Mechanism,—their Passage by Means of Sensible Forces 186
46. Passage of the Dead Points by Chain-Closure 188
47. Closure of Kinematic Chains by Pairs of Elements 191