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Tchebychev's Straight Line Linkage

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Phil Todd

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With certain values for the link lengths, this mechanism approximates a straight line.

Experiment with different values of AB and BC then look for AD which keeps the path of point F straight.

Tags: Watt, mechanism, four-bar-linkage
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