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Page 4
In theory a pulley is simply a smooth body which changes the direction of a
flexible and inextensible cord stretched across part of its surface ; in practice ( to
escape as much as possible of the inevitable friction ) it is a wheel , on part of
whose ...
In theory a pulley is simply a smooth body which changes the direction of a
flexible and inextensible cord stretched across part of its surface ; in practice ( to
escape as much as possible of the inevitable friction ) it is a wheel , on part of
whose ...
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This is the case of a body falling vertically in vacuo under the action of gravity . In
this case the space described in any interval is that which would be described in
the same time by a point moving uniformly with a velocity equal to that at the ...
This is the case of a body falling vertically in vacuo under the action of gravity . In
this case the space described in any interval is that which would be described in
the same time by a point moving uniformly with a velocity equal to that at the ...
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Those common kinds of mechanism , for producing rectilineal from circular
motion , or vice versá , in which a crank moving in a circle works in a straight slot
belonging to a body which can only move in a straight line , fulfil strictly the
definition ...
Those common kinds of mechanism , for producing rectilineal from circular
motion , or vice versá , in which a crank moving in a circle works in a straight slot
belonging to a body which can only move in a straight line , fulfil strictly the
definition ...
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We now pass to the consideration of the displacement of a rigid body or group of
points whose relative positions are unalterable . The simplest case we can
consider is that of the motion of a plane figure in its own plane , and this , as far
as ...
We now pass to the consideration of the displacement of a rigid body or group of
points whose relative positions are unalterable . The simplest case we can
consider is that of the motion of a plane figure in its own plane , and this , as far
as ...
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It is not necessary to suppose the figure to be a mere flat disc or plane - for the
preceding statements apply to any one of a set of parallel planes in a rigid body ,
moving in any way subject to the condition that the points of any one plane in it ...
It is not necessary to suppose the figure to be a mere flat disc or plane - for the
preceding statements apply to any one of a set of parallel planes in a rigid body ,
moving in any way subject to the condition that the points of any one plane in it ...
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| Title | Elements of Natural Philosophy, Volume 1 Volume 23 of A library of universal literature. Part one - Science [vol.23] Clarendon Press series Elements of Natural Philosophy, Peter Guthrie Tait Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925 |
| Authors | William Thomson Baron Kelvin, Peter Guthrie Tait |
| Publisher | Clarendon Press, 1873 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 May 2011 |
| Length | 279 pages |
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