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  1. Xref: sparky comp.programming:3175 sci.physics:19170 sci.math:15186
  2. Newsgroups: comp.programming,sci.physics,sci.math
  3. Path: sparky!uunet!news.smith.edu!orourke
  4. From: orourke@sophia.smith.edu (Joseph O'Rourke)
  5. Subject: Re: area in closed curve; similar to net work calculation
  6. Message-ID: <1992Nov18.205551.21914@sophia.smith.edu>
  7. Organization: Smith College, Northampton, MA, US
  8. References: <BxvtAH.5D0@unix.amherst.edu> <BxxCGI.MsD@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
  9. Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 20:55:51 GMT
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  12. In article <BxxCGI.MsD@news.cso.uiuc.edu> pkk36438@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Polygon) writes:
  13. >        Once a professor showed me an instrument which you can use
  14. >    to trace a closed curve on paper by hand and the meter gives the
  15. >    value of the area.  
  16.  
  17. The instrument is called a planimeter.
  18.