Assertion: peaucellier linkage | /r/CapableOf | generate exact straight line
Facets:
value: from a rotating crank
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: This led to the study of linkages that could generate straight lines, even if only approximately; and inspired the mathematician J. J. Sylvester, who lectured on the Peaucellier linkage, which generates an exact straight line from a rotating crank.
text: This led to the study of linkages that could generate straight lines, even if only approximately; and inspired the mathematician J. J. Sylvester, who lectured on the Peaucellier linkage, which generates an exact straight line from a rotating crank.