Perigal's Contributions to Kinematics

[Geometrical drawings] Perigal's Contributions to Kinematics / Henry Perigal Jun., Cheyne Walk, Chelsea. [6 sheets: 3 are of bicircloids, one is of centric bicircloids, one is of orthoidal bicircloids, one is of cuspidate bicircloids]

Perigal was an eccentric who had strongly held unorthodox views regarding the rotation of the Moon. He used a geometric chuck, the most sophisticated piece of machinery available to ornamental turners, to create complex curves, and was the first to classify the results mathematically. This sheet shows the relatively simple results of rolling circles around other circles to produce epicycloids. Perigal ordered his results carefully. These are the simplest curves possible.