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... called the unit of the physical quantity generally , while the ratio is called the numerical measure , or simply the measure of the particular amount under consideration . If for instance , the area of a certain field be 12 acres , and ...
... called the unit of the physical quantity generally , while the ratio is called the numerical measure , or simply the measure of the particular amount under consideration . If for instance , the area of a certain field be 12 acres , and ...
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... called the resultant of the other velocities . Let us consider the case of a point moving in a straight line along the deck of a ship , with uniform velocity relative to the ship , which is sailing with uniform velocity in a straight ...
... called the resultant of the other velocities . Let us consider the case of a point moving in a straight line along the deck of a ship , with uniform velocity relative to the ship , which is sailing with uniform velocity in a straight ...
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... called a Material Body or simply a Body . When we consider a body whose dimensions are so small that we are only concerned with its motion as a whole , and not with any rotational motion it may have , we describe it as a material ...
... called a Material Body or simply a Body . When we consider a body whose dimensions are so small that we are only concerned with its motion as a whole , and not with any rotational motion it may have , we describe it as a material ...
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... called an attraction . 9. The next question that presents itself is ' How is force measured ? ' or ' When may this force be said to bear such and such a ratio to that force ? ' We know by ex- perience that it requires a greater effort ...
... called an attraction . 9. The next question that presents itself is ' How is force measured ? ' or ' When may this force be said to bear such and such a ratio to that force ? ' We know by ex- perience that it requires a greater effort ...
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... called the absolute unit and the advantage in its use is , that all the terms involved in its definition are the same at all points of the earth's surface and indeed everywhere . It is found that if bodies be allowed to fall towards the ...
... called the absolute unit and the advantage in its use is , that all the terms involved in its definition are the same at all points of the earth's surface and indeed everywhere . It is found that if bodies be allowed to fall towards the ...
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Page 9 - Every body continues in its state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, except in so far as it is compelled by forces to change that state.
Page 12 - Change of motion is proportional to the impressed force and takes place in the direction of the straight line in which the force acts.
Page 36 - Prove that the algebraic sum of the moments of two concurrent forces about any point in their plane is equal to the moment of their resultant about the same point.
Page 96 - Two strings of the same length have each of their ends fixed at each of two points in the same horizontal plane. A smooth sphere of radius r and weight W is supported upon them at the same distance from each of the given points. If the plane in which either string lies makes an angle a with Wa the horizon, prove that the tension of each is = -- - coseca; a being the distance between the points.
Page 90 - Show that the area of the triangle whose vertices are (4, 6), (2, —4), (—4, 2) is four times the area of the triangle formed by joining the middle points of the sides.
Page 227 - A uniform rod of length c rests with one end on a smooth elliptic arc whose major axis is horizontal and with the other on a smooth vertical plane at a distance h from the centre of the ellipse...
Page 185 - A body is supported on a rough inclined plane by a force acting along it. If the least magnitude of the force, when the plane is inclined at an angle a to the horizon, be equal to the greatest magnitude, when the plane is inclined at an angle /3, show that the angle of friction is J(a— /3).
Page 117 - Two equal beams AB, AC connected by a hinge at A are placed in a vertical plane with their extremities B, C resting on a horizontal plane ; they are kept from falling by strings connecting B and C with the middle points of the opposite...
Page 231 - These are usually accounted six in number, viz. the Lever, the Wheel and Axle, the Pulley, the Inclined Plane, the Wedge, and the Screw.
Page 91 - A heavy equilateral triangle hung up on a smooth peg by a string, the ends of which are attached to two of its angular points, rests with one of its sides vertical — shew that the length of the string is double the altitude of the triangle.