Giovanni's sketch (IMAGE)
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Physicist and mathematician Giovanni Poleni’s drawing (left) of Robert Hooke’s analogy between an arch and a hanging chain, and (right) his analysis of the Dome of St. Peter’s in Rome. Hooke famously discovered that a hanging chain forms a curve known as a catenary in tension under its own weight, formalizing ancient design and engineering principles seen in structures dating back to the Mesopotamians.
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Image: Courtesy of Giovanni Poleni
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