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The Parabola, Ellipse, and Hyperbola will be considered in this chapter primarily as plane curves generated by a point moving under restricted conditions; they will, however, be defined first with reference to the right circular cone of which they are plane sections.* Sectioned models of the cone should be examined if possible.
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Abbott, W. (1971). Conic Sections. In: Practical Geometry and Engineering Graphics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2742-6_3
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