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... effect of the acceleration will be to make the point move in a curve whose curvature is proportional to the acceleration at each instant , and inversely as the square of the velocity . 39. In other words , if a point move in a curve ...
... effect of the acceleration will be to make the point move in a curve whose curvature is proportional to the acceleration at each instant , and inversely as the square of the velocity . 39. In other words , if a point move in a curve ...
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... effect of this being to bring the first to rest , and to give the second a southward velocity of eighty miles an hour , which is the required relative motion . Or , given one train moving north at the rate of thirty miles an hour , and ...
... effect of this being to bring the first to rest , and to give the second a southward velocity of eighty miles an hour , which is the required relative motion . Or , given one train moving north at the rate of thirty miles an hour , and ...
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... effect as those about A and B in succession . But there is one case of exception , viz . when the rotations about A and B are of equal B Α ' B ' amount and in opposite directions . In this case A'B ' is evidently parallel and equal to ...
... effect as those about A and B in succession . But there is one case of exception , viz . when the rotations about A and B are of equal B Α ' B ' amount and in opposite directions . In this case A'B ' is evidently parallel and equal to ...
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... effect is , in this case , merely an alteration of dimensions without change of figure of any part . 144. The principal axes of a strain are the principal axes of the ellipsoid into which it converts a sphere . The principal elongations ...
... effect is , in this case , merely an alteration of dimensions without change of figure of any part . 144. The principal axes of a strain are the principal axes of the ellipsoid into which it converts a sphere . The principal elongations ...
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... effect as is really produced . ( c ) The third element in the specification of a force is its magnitude . This involves a consideration of the method followed in dynamics for measuring forces . Before measuring anything it is necessary ...
... effect as is really produced . ( c ) The third element in the specification of a force is its magnitude . This involves a consideration of the method followed in dynamics for measuring forces . Before measuring anything it is necessary ...
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acceleration action amount angular velocity anticlastic applied attraction axes axis called Cambridge centre of gravity centre of inertia circle co-ordinates component configuration consider constant corresponding cosine couple curvature curve Demy 8vo denote density described diagram direction of motion displacement distance Edited elastic ellipse ellipsoid elongation equal equations equilibrium external point fixed point fluid forces acting friction geometrical given force Hence hodograph inclined infinitely small instant inversely kinetic energy length magnitude mass matter measured moment of inertia momentum moving normal P₁ parallel parallelogram particle path pendulum perpendicular portion position pressure principal axes principle produce projection proportional quantity radius reckoned resultant right angles rigid body rotation round shear shell simple harmonic motion solid solid angle space spherical surface spiral square St John's College straight line strain suppose tangent tion torsion uniform unit University of Cambridge vertical whole wire
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