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

This is what can be seen when a cube which hangs by one of its vertices is rotated. The exhibit shows a surprising result - the curves that appear at the sides are hyperbolas.