ELEMENTS OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY BY LORD KELVIN |
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... round the tangent line . The course of such a curve is , in common language , well called ' tortuous ; ' and the mea- sure of the corresponding property is conveniently called Tortuosity . 12. The nature of this will be best understood ...
... round the tangent line . The course of such a curve is , in common language , well called ' tortuous ; ' and the mea- sure of the corresponding property is conveniently called Tortuosity . 12. The nature of this will be best understood ...
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William Thomson Baron Kelvin. 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 ...
William Thomson Baron Kelvin. 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 ...
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... round the point O are respectively the areas OAB , OCA . Now OCA , together with half the area of the parallelogram CABD , is equal to OBD . Hence the sum of the two half - moments together with half the area of the parallelogram is ...
... round the point O are respectively the areas OAB , OCA . Now OCA , together with half the area of the parallelogram CABD , is equal to OBD . Hence the sum of the two half - moments together with half the area of the parallelogram is ...
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... round a pivot at P , which passes through the middle point of each - CA , AD , EB , and BF are rods of half the length of the two former , and so pivoted to them as to form a pair of equal C , rhombi CD , EF , whose angles can be ...
... round a pivot at P , which passes through the middle point of each - CA , AD , EB , and BF are rods of half the length of the two former , and so pivoted to them as to form a pair of equal C , rhombi CD , EF , whose angles can be ...
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... round C carries an arm Q'S turning round Q. Toothed wheels , one of them fixed with its axis through C , and the others pivoted on a framework carried by CQ , are so arranged that Q'S turns very approximately at the rate of once round ...
... round C carries an arm Q'S turning round Q. Toothed wheels , one of them fixed with its axis through C , and the others pivoted on a framework carried by CQ , are so arranged that Q'S turns very approximately at the rate of once round ...
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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 infinitely small instant inversely kinetic energy length magnitude mass matter measured moment of inertia momentum moving normal section P₁ P₂ parallel particle path pendulum perpendicular plane perpendicular portion position pressure principal axes principle produce projection proportional quantity radius radius of gyration reckoned rectangular 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 torsion uniform unit vertical weight whole wire