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A PPARENTLY Routh was the first to turn to account the fact that the curvature and torsion of a space curve represent the components of rotation of the fundamental axes as they move along the curve. It was Darboux, however, who developed fully this application of kinematics.
The Application of Moving Axes Methods to the Geometry of Curves and Surfaces
By Dr. G. S. Mahajani. Pp. vii+60. (Poona: Aryabhushan Press, 1937). n.p.
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The Application of Moving Axes Methods to the Geometry of Curves and Surfaces. Nature 142, 235 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142235a0
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