A Course of Mathematics: For the Use of Academies as Well as Private Tuition : in Two Volumes, Volume 2W. E. Dean, 1831 |
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Page 151
... weight , be acted on by a motive force of 40 ; then the accelerating force is 20. But if the same force of 40 act on another body of 4 pounds weight ; then the accelerating force in this latter case is only 10 ; and so is but half the ...
... weight , be acted on by a motive force of 40 ; then the accelerating force is 20. But if the same force of 40 act on another body of 4 pounds weight ; then the accelerating force in this latter case is only 10 ; and so is but half the ...
Page 156
... weight , which is sustained by two strings drawing in the direc- tions DA , DB : then the force or tension of the string AD , is to the weight c , or tension of the string DC , as De to DC ; and the force or tension of the other string ...
... weight , which is sustained by two strings drawing in the direc- tions DA , DB : then the force or tension of the string AD , is to the weight c , or tension of the string DC , as De to DC ; and the force or tension of the other string ...
Page 158
... weight , to render the demonstrations easier and simpler . of levers . 46. A Lever of the First W kind has the prop c be- tween the weight w and 4 the power P. And of this kind are balances , scales , crows , hand - spikes , scissors ...
... weight , to render the demonstrations easier and simpler . of levers . 46. A Lever of the First W kind has the prop c be- tween the weight w and 4 the power P. And of this kind are balances , scales , crows , hand - spikes , scissors ...
Page 159
... weight , which is its most natural measure , acting downward ; but having its direction changed , when neces . sary , by means of a fixed pulley . 51. PROP . When the weight and power keep the lever in equilibrio , they are to each ...
... weight , which is its most natural measure , acting downward ; but having its direction changed , when neces . sary , by means of a fixed pulley . 51. PROP . When the weight and power keep the lever in equilibrio , they are to each ...
Page 160
... weight ; and their velocities will be in reciprocal proportion to each other . For the weight and power will describe circles whose radii are the distances CD , CE ; and since the circumferences or spaces described are as the radii ...
... weight ; and their velocities will be in reciprocal proportion to each other . For the weight and power will describe circles whose radii are the distances CD , CE ; and since the circumferences or spaces described are as the radii ...
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Page 13 - In any plane triangle, the sum of any two sides is to their difference, as the tangent of half the sum of the opposite angles is to the tangent of half their difference.
Page 469 - Or, by art. 249 of the same, the pressure is equal to the weight of a column of the fluid...
Page 74 - To prove that the exterior angle of a triangle is equal to the sum of the two interior opposite angles (see fig.
Page 299 - The workmen thought that substituting part silver was only a proper <perquisite; which taking air, Archimedes was appointed to examine it ; who, on putting...
Page 158 - MECHANICAL POWERS are certain simple instruments employed in raising greater weights, or overcoming greater resistance than could be effected by the direct application of natural strength. They are usually accounted six in number; viz. the Lever, the Wheel and Axle, the Pulley, the Inclined Plane, the Wedge, and the Screw.
Page 249 - BPC) ; or, the pressure of a fluid on any surface is equal to the weight of a column of the fluid...
Page 301 - In the doctrine of fluxions, magnitudes or quantities of all kinds are considered as not made up of a number of small parts, but as generated by continued motion, by means of which they increase or decrease ; as a line by the motion of a point ; a surface by the motion of a line ; and a solid by the motion of a surface.
Page 254 - Weigh the denser body and the compound mass, separately, both in water, and out of it ; then find how much each loses in water, by subtracting its weight in water from its weight in air; and subtract the less of these remainders from the greater. Then...
Page 494 - The reason is, all bodies lose some of their weight in a fluid, and the weight which a body loses in a fluid, is to its whole weight, as the specific gravity of the fluid is to that of the body.
Page 461 - ... horizontal *. 2. The theorems just given may serve to show, in what points of view machines ought to be considered by those who would labour beneficially for their improvement. The first object of the utility of machines consists in furnishing the means of giving to the moving force the most commodious direction ; and, when it can be done, of causing its action to be applied immediately to the body to be moved. These can rarely be united : but the former can be accomplished in most instances...