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THE curve to be given to an ideal linear chain or rib under unifomi-vertical-load area between itself and a horizontal straight line is well known to be a Transformed Catenary, having its ordinales in a constant ratio to the corresponding ordinates of a Common Catenary inverted, with the horizontal straight line as directrix (Rankine, “Civil Engineering”; Church, “Mechanics of Materials,” &c.).
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G., A. Two-Nosed Catenaries 1 . Nature 39, 570–571 (1889). https://doi.org/10.1038/039570a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/039570a0