"[Take] two pieces from the outside and inside of a , respectively. In the former, both radii of curvature lie on the same side of the surface, and [so] the curvature is considered positive, while in the latter they are on opposite sides of the surface, and [therefore] the curvature is negative."
January 1, 1970
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