Cycloid plates of golden age violins are closely modeled by curtate cycloid curves. Later work indicates that curtate cycloids do not serve as general models for these curves, which vary considerably. Cycloid A cycloid is the curve traced by a point on the rim of a circular wheel as the wheel rolls along a straight line without slipping. A cycloid is a specific form of trochoid and is an example of a roulette, a curve generated by a curve rolling on another curve. The cycloid, with the cusps pointing upward, is the curve of fastest descent under constant gravity, and is
The Wheel of Time October 2018. Many fans of "The Wheel of Time" attend Dragon Con, which had an exclusive "Wheel of Time" content track from 2001 through 2012. "The Wheel of Time" now has its own annual convention, JordanCon, which has been held annually in Atlanta, Georgia, since 2009. The Wheel of Time The Wheel of Time is a series of high fantasy novels written by American author James Oliver Rigney Jr., under his pen name of Robert Jordan. Originally planned as a six-book series, "The Wheel of Time" spanned fourteen volumes, in addition to a prequel novel and two companion books. Jordan