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... 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 circumference the cord ...
... 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 circumference the cord ...
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... 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 middle of ...
... 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 middle of ...
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... bodies in space . We must there- fore consider how , from the actual motions of a set of bodies , we may find their relative motions with regard to any one of them ; and how , having given the relative motions of all but one with regard ...
... bodies in space . We must there- fore consider how , from the actual motions of a set of bodies , we may find their relative motions with regard to any one of them ; and how , having given the relative motions of all but one with regard ...
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William Thomson Baron Kelvin, Peter Guthrie Tait. sounding bodies such as a tuning - fork or pianoforte - wire ... body which can only move in a straight line , fulfil strictly the definition of a simple harmonic motion in the part ...
William Thomson Baron Kelvin, Peter Guthrie Tait. sounding bodies such as a tuning - fork or pianoforte - wire ... body which can only move in a straight line , fulfil strictly the definition of a simple harmonic motion in the part ...
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... body , moving in any way subject to the condition that the points of any one plane in it remain always in a fixed plane in space . A ' B 95. There is yet a case in which the construction in § 91 is nugatory - that is when AA ' is ...
... body , moving in any way subject to the condition that the points of any one plane in it remain always in a fixed plane in space . A ' B 95. There is yet a case in which the construction in § 91 is nugatory - that is when AA ' is ...
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acceleration action amount angular velocity anticlastic attraction axis called centimetre centre of gravity centre of inertia circle circular co-ordinates component configuration consider constant cosine couple curvature curve cylinder denote density described diagram displacement distance ellipse ellipsoid elongation equal equations equilibrium external point finite fixed point flexure fluid forces acting friction geometrical given force Hence hodograph horizontal infinitely small instant inversely kinetic energy length magnitude mass matter measured moment of inertia momentum moving normal section P₁ P₂ parallel parallelogram of forces particle path pendulum perpendicular plane perpendicular portion position potential pressure principal axes principle produce projection proportional quantity radius radius of gyration reckoned rectangular right angles rigid body rotation round shear shell sides simple harmonic motion solid angle space spherical surface spiral square straight line strain stress suppose tangent theorem theory tion torsion uniform unit vertical whole wire