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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 point 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 weight whole wire