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... importance : and we feel that it would have given us much less trouble and anxiety , and would probably have ensured a better result , had we written the volume anew without keeping the larger book constantly before us . The sole ...
... importance : and we feel that it would have given us much less trouble and anxiety , and would probably have ensured a better result , had we written the volume anew without keeping the larger book constantly before us . The sole ...
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... importance in Natural Philosophy , especially in certain mechanical and optical questions , and we shall therefore devote a section or two to this application of Kinematics . Def . If a flexible and inextensible string be fixed at one ...
... importance in Natural Philosophy , especially in certain mechanical and optical questions , and we shall therefore devote a section or two to this application of Kinematics . Def . If a flexible and inextensible string be fixed at one ...
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... important . ( a ) If the velocity of a moving point be uniform , and if its direction revolve uniformly in a plane , the path described is a circle . ( b ) If a point moves in a plane , and its component velocity parallel to each of two ...
... important . ( a ) If the velocity of a moving point be uniform , and if its direction revolve uniformly in a plane , the path described is a circle . ( b ) If a point moves in a plane , and its component velocity parallel to each of two ...
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... important improvement in nautical charts has been suggested by Archibald Smith1 . It consists in drawing a curve , which may be called the tidal hodograph with reference to any point of a chart for which the tidal currents are to be ...
... important improvement in nautical charts has been suggested by Archibald Smith1 . It consists in drawing a curve , which may be called the tidal hodograph with reference to any point of a chart for which the tidal currents are to be ...
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... important proposition as follows : Let A be the centre of the circle , and O the hodographic origin . Join OA and draw the perpendiculars PM to OA and ON to PA . Then OP is the velocity in the orbit : and ON , being parallel to the ...
... important proposition as follows : Let A be the centre of the circle , and O the hodographic origin . Join OA and draw the perpendiculars PM to OA and ON to PA . Then OP is the velocity in the orbit : and ON , being parallel to the ...
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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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