The Garden of Archimedes  A Museum for Mathematics

Objects of the exhibition
Beyond the compasses

Watt's Mechanism Peaucellier's Mechanism Articulated quadrilateral Double cone Crossed ellipsograph Elliptic vault room Burning mirrors Curves with constant amplitude Double spiral Cycloid I Cycloid II Cycloidal pendulum Rotating paraboloid Rotating hyperboloid Rotating pole Rotating cube Cardioid Universal equation solver Fractals

A straight rod, if properly placed, can pass through a slit the shape of a hyperbole shape. While rotating, the rod forms a rotational hyperboloid.