Hyperbola Clock: one of the strangest timepieces in my collection featuring a straight rod which glides through a curved hole in this unconventional clock based on the hyperboloid, the 3D ruled surface traced by rotating diagonal line. In this creation by Robert Darwen of Fibonacci Clocks, the rod serves as the hour hand with a smaller minute hand above the center of the base disk. (The time adjustment dial of the clock mechanism was connected to a small motor to produce the sped up motion in th

Hyperbolic Functions: Catenary: Example 2: Graphing Catenaries