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... methods employed are , almost without exception , limited to those of the most elementary geometry , algebra , and trigonometry . Where higher methods are required for an investigation , the reader is , in general , simply referred to ...
... methods employed are , almost without exception , limited to those of the most elementary geometry , algebra , and trigonometry . Where higher methods are required for an investigation , the reader is , in general , simply referred to ...
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... method most commonly employed , whether we deal with velocities , or ( as we shall do farther on ) with accelerations and forces , consists in studying , not the velocity , accele- ration , or force , directly , but its resolved parts ...
... method most commonly employed , whether we deal with velocities , or ( as we shall do farther on ) with accelerations and forces , consists in studying , not the velocity , accele- ration , or force , directly , but its resolved parts ...
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... methods of effecting such a com- bination in the simple case of the movements of two points are useful in scientific ... method is preferable : - E CF and ED are rods of equal length moving freely round a pivot at P , which passes ...
... methods of effecting such a com- bination in the simple case of the movements of two points are useful in scientific ... method is preferable : - E CF and ED are rods of equal length moving freely round a pivot at P , which passes ...
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... methods in use , with the crank , provided always the ro- tatory motion of the crank be uniform . 73. The velocity of a point executing a simple harmonic motion is a simple harmonic function of the time , a quarter of a period earlier ...
... methods in use , with the crank , provided always the ro- tatory motion of the crank be uniform . 73. The velocity of a point executing a simple harmonic motion is a simple harmonic function of the time , a quarter of a period earlier ...
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... methods , their resolved parts in each of any three rectangular direc- tions , and then compounding the final resultants in these directions . 85. By far the most interesting case , and by far the simplest , is that of two simple ...
... methods , their resolved parts in each of any three rectangular direc- tions , and then compounding the final resultants in these directions . 85. By far the most interesting case , and by far the simplest , is that of two simple ...
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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