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... accelerations and forces , consists in studying , not the velocity , accele , ration , or force , directly , but its resolved parts parallel to any three assumed directions at right angles to each other . Thus , for a train moving up an ...
... accelerations and forces , consists in studying , not the velocity , accele , ration , or force , directly , but its resolved parts parallel to any three assumed directions at right angles to each other . Thus , for a train moving up an ...
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... accelerated or retarded 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 ...
... accelerated or retarded 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 ...
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... acceleration that which adds a unit of velocity per unit of time to the velocity of a point , an acceleration measured by a will add a units of velocity in unit of time - and , therefore , at units of velocity in units of time . Hence ...
... acceleration that which adds a unit of velocity per unit of time to the velocity of a point , an acceleration measured by a will add a units of velocity in unit of time - and , therefore , at units of velocity in units of time . Hence ...
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... acceleration , we must draw , as below , from a fixed point O , lines OP , OQ , etc. , representing the velocity at A , B , etc. , in direction and magnitude . Since the velocity in ABD is constant , all the lines OP , OQ , etc. , 1 S ...
... acceleration , we must draw , as below , from a fixed point O , lines OP , OQ , etc. , representing the velocity at A , B , etc. , in direction and magnitude . Since the velocity in ABD is constant , all the lines OP , OQ , etc. , 1 S ...
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... acceleration and its direction at every instant , or simply its rectangular components , be given , provided the velocity and its direction , as well as the position of the point , at any one instant be given . But these are , in ...
... acceleration and its direction at every instant , or simply its rectangular components , be given , provided the velocity and its direction , as well as the position of the point , at any one instant be given . But these are , in ...
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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 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 vibrations weight whole wire