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... according as it increases or diminishes , but the word acceleration is generally used in either sense , on the understanding that we may regard its quantity as either positive or negative : and ( § 34 ) is farther generalized so as to ...
... according as it increases or diminishes , but the word acceleration is generally used in either sense , on the understanding that we may regard its quantity as either positive or negative : and ( § 34 ) is farther generalized so as to ...
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... according to Kepler's first law . Evidently there is no acceleration perpendicular to the plane con- taining the fixed point and the line of motion of the moving point at any instant ; and there being no velocity perpendicular to this ...
... according to Kepler's first law . Evidently there is no acceleration perpendicular to the plane con- taining the fixed point and the line of motion of the moving point at any instant ; and there being no velocity perpendicular to this ...
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... according to the inverse square of the distance from the centre . Hence the rate at which a planet receives heat and light from the sun varies in simple proportion to the angular velocity of the radius - vector . Hence the whole heat ...
... according to the inverse square of the distance from the centre . Hence the rate at which a planet receives heat and light from the sun varies in simple proportion to the angular velocity of the radius - vector . Hence the whole heat ...
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... according to preceding rules . 68. The following practical methods of effecting such a com- bination in the simple case of the movements of two points are useful in scientific illustrations and in certain mechanical arrange- ments . Let ...
... according to preceding rules . 68. The following practical methods of effecting such a com- bination in the simple case of the movements of two points are useful in scientific illustrations and in certain mechanical arrange- ments . Let ...
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... according as the crown of the solar tide precedes or follows the crown of the lunar tide ; and it will be exactly reached when the interval of phase between the two component tides is 3 · 95 lunar hours . That is to say , there will be ...
... according as the crown of the solar tide precedes or follows the crown of the lunar tide ; and it will be exactly reached when the interval of phase between the two component tides is 3 · 95 lunar hours . That is to say , there will be ...
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acceleration action amount angular velocity anticlastic attraction axis called Cambridge centre of gravity centre of inertia circle circular co-ordinates component configuration consider constant cosine couple curvature curve cylinder denote density described diagram displacement distance ellipsoid elongation equal equations equilibrium external finite fixed point flexure fluid forces acting 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 Octavo P. G. TAIT P₁ P₂ parallel particle path pendulum perpendicular plane perpendicular portion position potential pressure principal axes principle produce projection proportional quantity radius radius of gyration reckoned rectangular resultant 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 theory tion torsion uniform unit vertical whole wire
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