Treatise on Natural Philosophy, Volume 1, Part 1At the University Press, 1879 - Mechanics, Analytic |
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... course including Kinetic Foci - Two or more Courses of Minimum Action possible - Case of two mini- mum , and one not minimum , Geodetic Lines between two Points - Difference between two sides and the third of a Kinetic Triangle ...
... course including Kinetic Foci - Two or more Courses of Minimum Action possible - Case of two mini- mum , and one not minimum , Geodetic Lines between two Points - Difference between two sides and the third of a Kinetic Triangle ...
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... course - Natural course proved not a course of Minimum Action , beyond a Kinetic Focus -A course which includes no Focus conjugate to either extremity includes no pair of conjugate Foci - How many Kinetic Foci in any case - Theorem of ...
... course - Natural course proved not a course of Minimum Action , beyond a Kinetic Focus -A course which includes no Focus conjugate to either extremity includes no pair of conjugate Foci - How many Kinetic Foci in any case - Theorem of ...
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... course of such a curve is , in common language , well called ' tortuous ; ' and the measure of the corresponding property is conveniently called Tortuosity . 8. The nature of this will be best understood by consider- ing the curve as a ...
... course of such a curve is , in common language , well called ' tortuous ; ' and the measure of the corresponding property is conveniently called Tortuosity . 8. The nature of this will be best understood by consider- ing the curve as a ...
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... course take the enlarged modern meaning of an angle , including angles greater than two right angles , and also nega- tive angles . Thus the integral curvature of any closed curve , whether everywhere concave to the interior or not , is ...
... course take the enlarged modern meaning of an angle , including angles greater than two right angles , and also nega- tive angles . Thus the integral curvature of any closed curve , whether everywhere concave to the interior or not , is ...
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... course of an hour , it may not have moved a mile altogether . Indeed , we may imagine , at any instant during the motion , the steam to be so adjusted as to keep the train running for some time at a perfectly uniform velocity . This ...
... course of an hour , it may not have moved a mile altogether . Indeed , we may imagine , at any instant during the motion , the steam to be so adjusted as to keep the train running for some time at a perfectly uniform velocity . This ...
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acceleration action algebraic angular velocity anticlastic application Cambridge centre of inertia circle co-ordinates coefficients component configuration constant corresponding course curvature curve cycloidal cylinder degrees of freedom denote determined differential equation direction cosines displacement distance dt dt dt dy dx dy dy dy dy dz dynamical ellipsoid equal equations of motion equilibrium expression finite fluid force formula function give given gyrostatic Hence impulse infinitely small instant integral kinetic energy length linear mass measured momentum moving negative notation osculating plane P₁ parallel particle path perpendicular polygon position principal axes principle quadratic quadratic function quantity radius rectangular resultant rigid body rolling roots rotation round simple harmonic motions solution space spherical harmonic spherical surface St John's College strain suppose tangent plane theorem tion values whole zero αξ
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Page 241 - Every body continues in its state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, except in so far as it may be compelled by impressed forces to change that state.