 | William Jordan Unwin - 1853 - 172 pages
...represented in magnitude and direction by two adjacent sides of a parallelogram, their resultant will be represented in magnitude and direction by that diagonal of the parallelogram which is drawn from the vertex of the angle formed by these two adjacent sides. If the components are equal,... | |
 | John Bradford Cherriman - Mechanics - 1858 - 108 pages
...Duhamel'a proof. angle between their directions. 19. The Principle of the PARALLELOGRAM OF FORCES. If two Forces acting on a particle be represented in magnitude and direction by two straight lines drawn from a point, and the parallelogram, of which these lines are adjacent sides,... | |
 | William Jordan Unwin - 1862 - 300 pages
...represented in magnitude and direction by two adjacent sides of a parallelogram, their resultant will be represented in magnitude and direction by that diagonal of the parallelogram which is drawn from the vertex of the angle formed by these two adjacent sides. If the components are equal,... | |
 | Isaac Todhunter - Mechanics - 1867 - 372 pages
...directions their resultant is a force of 2 Ibs., acting in the same direction as the force of 5 Ibs. 10 If two forces acting on a particle be represented...direction by that diagonal of the parallelogram which panel through t/ie particle. This proposition is the most important in the science of Statics ; it... | |
 | James Hamblin Smith - Statics - 1868 - 102 pages
...semicircle which is twice the length of the string. Find the position of equilibrium. 28. Show that if eight forces acting on a particle be represented in magnitude and direction by the straight lines drawn from the angular points of a quadrilateral to the middle points of the opposite... | |
 | Richard Wormell - Mechanics - 1869 - 270 pages
...this case is equilateral. The proposition above explained is termed the Parallelogram of Forces. 20. If two forces acting on a particle be represented in magnitude and direction by two adjacent sides of a parallelogram, the resultant of these forces will be represented in magnitude... | |
 | Richard Wormell - 1871 - 288 pages
...this case is equilateral. The proposition above explained is termed the Parallelogram of Forces. 20. If two forces acting on a particle be represented in magnitude and direction by two adjacent sides of a parallelogram, the resultant of these forces will be represented in magnitude... | |
 | James Hamblin Smith - Statics - 1871 - 148 pages
...semicircle, which is twice the length of the string. Find the position of equilibrium. 12. Shew that if eight forces, acting on a particle, be represented in magnitude and direction by the straight lines drawn from the angular points of a quadrilateral to the middle points of the opposite... | |
 | William Culley Bergen - 1872 - 688 pages
...the direction of the greater forces. PARALLELOGRAM OF FORCES. If two forces act on a particle, and be represented in magnitude and direction by straight...lines drawn from the particle, and a parallelogram ba formed having these straight lines as adjacent sides, then the diagonal of resultant of the two... | |
 | Charles Henry Graham Smith - 1875 - 126 pages
...two forces acting at right angles to one another, represented on Fig. 1 by P and W. Now by mechanics. If two forces acting on a particle be represented in magnitude and direction by two adjacent sides G of a parallelogram, the resultant of these forces will be represented in magnitude... | |
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... is represented in magnitude and direction by that diagonal of the parallelogram which passes through the particle. 
