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... perpendicular to the surface of still water , and is usually desig- nated as the vertical line . A body when free and left to the action of gravity alone , will fall to the surface of the earth : a force sufficient to sustain it , i.e. ...
... perpendicular to the surface of still water , and is usually desig- nated as the vertical line . A body when free and left to the action of gravity alone , will fall to the surface of the earth : a force sufficient to sustain it , i.e. ...
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... perpendicular to one another . Find the magnitude and direction of a third force just sufficient to prevent the particle from moving . It is a force exactly equal and opposite to that represented by the diagonal of the parallelogram ...
... perpendicular to one another . Find the magnitude and direction of a third force just sufficient to prevent the particle from moving . It is a force exactly equal and opposite to that represented by the diagonal of the parallelogram ...
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... perpendicular to BD , then as long as BD and BD are less than BO , it is evident that ADD is acute , while AD'D is obtuse ; hence AD is greater than AD ' , and therefore as AC increases up to the value BO , AD diminishes to the value 40 ...
... perpendicular to BD , then as long as BD and BD are less than BO , it is evident that ADD is acute , while AD'D is obtuse ; hence AD is greater than AD ' , and therefore as AC increases up to the value BO , AD diminishes to the value 40 ...
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... perpendicular to one side : if a and a ' be the angles between the diagonals and that side , shew that there will be equilibrium if F sec a = F " sec a ' = W cosec ( a + a ' ) . ( 14 ) . Three forces P , Q , R act in equilibrium at the ...
... perpendicular to one side : if a and a ' be the angles between the diagonals and that side , shew that there will be equilibrium if F sec a = F " sec a ' = W cosec ( a + a ' ) . ( 14 ) . Three forces P , Q , R act in equilibrium at the ...
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... 9 , 8 ) ; but this force counteracts the tension of OB , therefore the direction of OB is perpendicular to CK . It follows that CDH and HOB are similar triangles , and therefore the angle BOH = FORCES AT THE SAME POINT IN ONE PLANE . 27.
... 9 , 8 ) ; but this force counteracts the tension of OB , therefore the direction of OB is perpendicular to CK . It follows that CDH and HOB are similar triangles , and therefore the angle BOH = FORCES AT THE SAME POINT IN ONE PLANE . 27.
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