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Peter Guthrie Tait. moving point describes it while passing round the figure. This is true whether the polygon be closed or not. If closed, then, as long as it is not crossed, this sum is four right angles,—an extension of the result in ...
Peter Guthrie Tait. moving point describes it while passing round the figure. This is true whether the polygon be closed or not. If closed, then, as long as it is not crossed, this sum is four right angles,—an extension of the result in ...
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... moving point ; and these we shall now take up , deferring the consideration of Velocity to a future section , as being more closely connected with physical ideas . 8. The direction of motion of a moving point is at each instant the ...
... moving point ; and these we shall now take up , deferring the consideration of Velocity to a future section , as being more closely connected with physical ideas . 8. The direction of motion of a moving point is at each instant the ...
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... angle between the first and last sides , is then the sum of its exterior angles , all the sides being produced each in the direction in which the moving point describes it while passing round the figure . KINEMATICS . 3.
... angle between the first and last sides , is then the sum of its exterior angles , all the sides being produced each in the direction in which the moving point describes it while passing round the figure . KINEMATICS . 3.
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William Thomson Baron Kelvin, Peter Guthrie Tait. moving point describes it while passing round the figure . This is true whether the polygon be closed or not . If closed , then , as long as it is not crossed , this sum is four right ...
William Thomson Baron Kelvin, Peter Guthrie Tait. moving point describes it while passing round the figure . This is true whether the polygon be closed or not . If closed , then , as long as it is not crossed , this sum is four right ...
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... moving point , is evident to all , and is matter of everyday conversation . Thus , a railway train , after starting , gradually increases its speed , and every one understands what is meant by saying that at a particular instant it ...
... moving point , is evident to all , and is matter of everyday conversation . Thus , a railway train , after starting , gradually increases its speed , and every one understands what is meant by saying that at a particular instant it ...
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