A Treatise on Statics: Containing the Theory of the Equilibrium of Forces; and Numerous Examples Illustrative of the General Principles of the Science |
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... motion , under the influence of any forces , exerts on a fixed point or axis . Indeed , it is chiefly with a view to this application of them that the articles alluded to have been intro- duced into this edition of the Statics . The ...
... motion , under the influence of any forces , exerts on a fixed point or axis . Indeed , it is chiefly with a view to this application of them that the articles alluded to have been intro- duced into this edition of the Statics . The ...
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... motion . If then matter , once at rest , pass into a state of motion , the change , not being essential to the existence or nature of matter , is of necessity ascribed to some agent , which , as to its nature , is essentially inde ...
... motion . If then matter , once at rest , pass into a state of motion , the change , not being essential to the existence or nature of matter , is of necessity ascribed to some agent , which , as to its nature , is essentially inde ...
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... motion which it is capable of producing in matter previously at rest ; and by the direction of a force , we mean the direction in which a particle of matter , under the in- fluence of that force , would begin to move ; and by the point ...
... motion which it is capable of producing in matter previously at rest ; and by the direction of a force , we mean the direction in which a particle of matter , under the in- fluence of that force , would begin to move ; and by the point ...
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... motion . This is called a motion of translation . ( 3 ) That both these kinds of motion may exist to- gether in the same body . This is the most general kind of motion of which we can form a notion . 7. From the preceding articles it ...
... motion . This is called a motion of translation . ( 3 ) That both these kinds of motion may exist to- gether in the same body . This is the most general kind of motion of which we can form a notion . 7. From the preceding articles it ...
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... motion . This new force exactly counteracts the whole system of forces : but it might be itself counteracted by a ... motions which a rigid body may take are of two distinct kinds and therefore the reasoning just stated respecting a free ...
... motion . This new force exactly counteracts the whole system of forces : but it might be itself counteracted by a ... motions which a rigid body may take are of two distinct kinds and therefore the reasoning just stated respecting a free ...
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