 An erg is the work done by a force of one dyne acting through a distance of one centimeter ; or unit work is done by unit force acting through unit distance.  Forty Lessons in Physics - Page 132by Lynn Banks McMullen - 1906 - 452 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Osmund Airy - Geometrical optics - 1870 - 606 pages
...countries where the metric system is used, the erg is used when a small unit of work is convenient. The erg is the work done by a force of one dyne when the body opon which the force acts moves m distance of one centimeter in the direction of the... | |
 | Isaac Sharpless, George Morris Philips - Physics - 1883 - 376 pages
...gravity, which is variable, another, based on the French system, has been employed, called the erg; the erg is the work done by a force of one dyne acting through one centimetre. Exercises.—1. How many foot-pounds of work are done in lifting 20 pounds through... | |
 | United States. Army. Signal Corps - 1887 - 576 pages
...In general, the work done by a unit force acting through a unit distance. Metric System : The erg ; the work done by a force of one dyne acting through a distance of one centimeter. English System : The megalerg = 1 000 000 ergs. The foot-poundal ; the work done by a poundal acting... | |
 | Thomas Wallace Wright - Mechanics - 1890 - 276 pages
...acting through a distance of one foot, and is called the Foot-poundal ; in the C. Gr. S. system it is the work done by a force of one dyne acting through one centimeter, and is called the Erg. Thus a force of 10 poundals acting through 2 ft. will do a work... | |
 | Alexander Ziwet - Mechanics, Analytic - 1893 - 214 pages
...FPS system is called the f oot-poundal ; in the CGS system, the erg. Thus, the erg is the amount of work done by a force of one dyne acting through a distance of one centimetre. These are the absolute units. In the gravitation system where the pound, or the kilogramme,... | |
 | Edward Leamington Nichols - Physics - 1897 - 512 pages
...expressed thus : E = % mv2 = mgs = W. 53. The Erg. — The unit of energy and of work is the erg. It is the work done by a force of one dyne acting through a distance of one centimeter. This is a very small quantity of work indeed. The earth exerts a force of from 980 to 981 dynes upon... | |
 | Alfred Payson Gage - Physics - 1898 - 416 pages
...exFORMULAS FOR CALCULATING. pressed in a CGS unit called an erg. An erg is the work done or energy imparted by a force of one dyne acting through a distance of one centimeter. (Absolute Gram Gram-centi meter and Kilogram The FPS unit of work or energy is the foot-poundal, and... | |
 | Frank Castle - Mathematics - 1899 - 424 pages
...through a distance of one foot, and is called a foot-pound (ft.-lb.) In the CoS system the unit of work is the work done by a force of one dyne acting through a distance of one centimetre, and is called an Erg.* * Thus 1 Ib. = 453 '6 grams. 1 foot = 30 '48 cm. 1 HP =550 ft.-lbs.... | |
 | John Oren Reed - Physics - 1902 - 336 pages
...~ • The dimensions of the work are [ML T-2 XL] = [M L2 T-8]. The CGS unit of work is the erg. An erg is the work done by a force of one dyne acting through a distance of one centimeter; ie, unit work is done by unit force acting through unit distance. The force exerted by gravity upon... | |
 | Alexander Ziwet - Mechanics - 1904 - 513 pages
...FPS system is called the foot-poundal ; in the CGS system, the erg1. Thus, the erg is the amount of work done by a force of one dyne acting through a distance of one centimeter. These are the absolute units. In the gravitation system where the pound, or the kilogram, is taken... | |
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