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... wire , or a fine fibre , filament , or hair , may suggest , what is not to be found among natural or artificial pro- ductions , a perfectly flexible and inextensible line . The elementary kinematics of this subject require no ...
... wire , or a fine fibre , filament , or hair , may suggest , what is not to be found among natural or artificial pro- ductions , a perfectly flexible and inextensible line . The elementary kinematics of this subject require no ...
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... wire ; whence their name ; and of the various media in which waves of sound , light , heat , etc. , are propagated . 71. The Amplitude of a simple harmonic motion is the range on one side or the other of the middle point of the course ...
... wire ; whence their name ; and of the various media in which waves of sound , light , heat , etc. , are propagated . 71. The Amplitude of a simple harmonic motion is the range on one side or the other of the middle point of the course ...
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... wire , and the conduction of heat by the earth's crust , as subjects in their generality intractable without it , is to give but a feeble idea of its importance . Unfortunately it is impossible to give a satisfactory proof of it without ...
... wire , and the conduction of heat by the earth's crust , as subjects in their generality intractable without it , is to give but a feeble idea of its importance . Unfortunately it is impossible to give a satisfactory proof of it without ...
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... wire against the conduction of electricity through it , we may measure the whole strength of current produced in it by electromotive force between its ends when the amount of this electromotive force is given , or can be ascertained ...
... wire against the conduction of electricity through it , we may measure the whole strength of current produced in it by electromotive force between its ends when the amount of this electromotive force is given , or can be ascertained ...
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... wire , thread , or half the object - glass of a telescope ( as in micro- meters ) , the thread or wire , or the play of the tracing - point , being at right angles to the axis of the screw . 378. Suppose it be required to divide a line ...
... wire , thread , or half the object - glass of a telescope ( as in micro- meters ) , the thread or wire , or the play of the tracing - point , being at right angles to the axis of the screw . 378. Suppose it be required to divide a line ...
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acceleration action amount angular velocity anticlastic attraction axis called centimetre centre of gravity centre of inertia circle circular co-ordinates component configuration consider constant cord corresponding cosine couple curvature curve cylinder denote density described diagram displacement distance ellipse ellipsoid elongation equal equations equilibrium external finite fixed point flexure fluid forces acting formulae friction geometrical given force Hence hodograph horizontal inclined infinitely small instant inversely kinetic energy length magnitude mass matter measured moment of inertia momentum moving normal section P₁ parallel parallelogram particle path pendulum perpendicular plane perpendicular portion position pressure principal axes principle produce projection proportional quantity radius radius of gyration reckoned rectangular relative right angles rigid body rotation round shear shell sides simple harmonic motion solid angle space spherical surface spiral square straight line strain stress suppose tangent theorem tion torsion uniform unit vertical vibrations weight whole wire
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Page 149 - that every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle, with a force whose direction is that of the line joining the two, and whose magnitude is directly as the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of their distances from each other.
Page 38 - We cannot, of course, give a definition of matter which will satisfy the metaphysician, but the naturalist may be content to know matter as that which can be perceived by the senses, or as that which can be acted upon by, or can exert, force. The latter, and indeed the former also, of these definitions involves the idea of force, which, in point of fact, is a direct object of sense ; probably of all our senses, and certainly of the
Page 11 - Fourier's theorem is not only one of the most beautiful results of modern analysis, but may be said to furnish an indispensable instrument in the treatment of nearly every recondite question in modern physics.
Page 149 - Newton generalized the law of attraction into a statement that every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force which varies directly as the product of their masses and inversely as the square of the distance between them; and he thence deduced the law of attraction for spherical shells of constant density.
Page 118 - UNTIL we know thoroughly the nature of matter and the forces which produce its motions, it will be utterly impossible to .submit to mathematical reasoning the exact conditions of any physical question.
Page 45 - The Component of a force in any direction, sometimes called the Effective Component in that direction, is therefore found by multiplying the magnitude of the force by the cosine of the angle between the directions of the force and the component The remaining component in this case is perpendicular to the other. It is very generally convenient to resolve forces into components parallel to three lines at right angles to each other; each such resolution being effected by multiplying by the cosine of...
Page 40 - Matter has an innate power of resisting external influences, so that every body, as far as it can, remains at rest, or moves uniformly in a straight line.
Page 95 - Herschel, regards what are called re-sidual phenomena. When, in an experiment , all known causes being allowed for, there remain certain unexplained effects (excessively slight it may be), these must be carefully investigated, and every conceivable variation of arrangement of apparatus, etc., tried ; until, if possible, we manage so to exaggerate the residual phenomenon as to be able to detect its cause.
Page 51 - 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.