Re: How do you draw a straight line?

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From: Richard Pinch
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 09:04

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If you believe in circles as drawn by a compass, but not in
straight lines as drawn by a straight-edge then you could
(i) use compass-only constructions (ii) use an inversor
linkage to turn your circles into lines.

Richard Pinch

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