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... given in such a treatise as this . The various branches of the subject have been so ar- ranged that the student may perceive the connexion between them . For many particulars of this arrangement I am indebted to my friend Professor Tait ...
... given in such a treatise as this . The various branches of the subject have been so ar- ranged that the student may perceive the connexion between them . For many particulars of this arrangement I am indebted to my friend Professor Tait ...
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... given instant , it would in one hour move over thirty miles . We thus see that we mean the same velocity when we say a body is moving at the rate of thirty miles an hour , or sixty miles in two hours , or fifteen miles in half an hour ...
... given instant , it would in one hour move over thirty miles . We thus see that we mean the same velocity when we say a body is moving at the rate of thirty miles an hour , or sixty miles in two hours , or fifteen miles in half an hour ...
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... given velocity when the carriage is at rest , and if when the carriage is in rapid motion I throw the ball with the same force , it will strike the side of the carriage with the same velocity as before . In fact , the motion of the ball ...
... given velocity when the carriage is at rest , and if when the carriage is in rapid motion I throw the ball with the same force , it will strike the side of the carriage with the same velocity as before . In fact , the motion of the ball ...
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... given body . Thus , suppose our unit of force is that which when applied to unit of mass produces unit of velocity in unit of time , then a force represented by two will produce in the same mass a velocity equal to two in unit of time ...
... given body . Thus , suppose our unit of force is that which when applied to unit of mass produces unit of velocity in unit of time , then a force represented by two will produce in the same mass a velocity equal to two in unit of time ...
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... given in Art . 24 , that A C will represent in mag- nitude and direction the resultant force due to the joint operation of A B and A D. This proposition is known as the parallelogram of forces , and may be stated as follows : - " If two ...
... given in Art . 24 , that A C will represent in mag- nitude and direction the resultant force due to the joint operation of A B and A D. This proposition is known as the parallelogram of forces , and may be stated as follows : - " If two ...
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