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 170
... cylinder , is to the distance between two threads of the screw : as is evident by considering that , in making one round , the spiral rises along the cylinder the distance between the two threads . 84. PROP . The energy of a power ...
... cylinder , is to the distance between two threads of the screw : as is evident by considering that , in making one round , the spiral rises along the cylinder the distance between the two threads . 84. PROP . The energy of a power ...
Page 178
... cylinder , or any prism whatever ; then the axis or line , or plane rs , which bisects all the sections parallel to QR , will pass through the centre of gravity of all those sections , and consequently through that of the whole figure c ...
... cylinder , or any prism whatever ; then the axis or line , or plane rs , which bisects all the sections parallel to QR , will pass through the centre of gravity of all those sections , and consequently through that of the whole figure c ...
Page 234
... cylinder ; to augment its open- ing when the motion is slackening , and reciprocally diminish it when the motion is accelerated . The construction is , often , so modified that the flying out of the balls causes the ring I to be ...
... cylinder ; to augment its open- ing when the motion is slackening , and reciprocally diminish it when the motion is accelerated . The construction is , often , so modified that the flying out of the balls causes the ring I to be ...
Page 243
... cylinder that weighs 100lbs . to turn upon a horizontal axis , and imagine motion to be communicated by a weight of 10lbs . attached to a cord which coils upon the surface of the cylinder : how far will that weight descend in 10 ...
... cylinder that weighs 100lbs . to turn upon a horizontal axis , and imagine motion to be communicated by a weight of 10lbs . attached to a cord which coils upon the surface of the cylinder : how far will that weight descend in 10 ...
Page 249
... cylinder , the weight of the fluid is to the pressure against the upright surface , as the radius of the base is to double the altitude . Also , when the rectangular prism becomes a cube , it ap . pears that the weight of the fluid on ...
... cylinder , the weight of the fluid is to the pressure against the upright surface , as the radius of the base is to double the altitude . Also , when the rectangular prism becomes a cube , it ap . pears that the weight of the fluid on ...
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abscissas altitude axis ball base beam becomes body centre of gravity circle conic surface consequently Corol cosine curve cylinder denote density descending determine diameter direction distance draw earth equa equal equation equilibrio EXAM expression feet find the fluent fluid force given fluxion given plane ground line Hence horizontal plane hyperbola inches inclined plane intersection length logarithm measure motion moving multiplied nearly ordinates parabola parallel pendulum perpendicular position pressure prob PROBLEM PROP proportional quantity radius ratio rectangle resistance right angles right line roots Scholium side sine solid angle space specific gravity spherical excess spherical triangle square straight line supposed surface tangent theorem theref tion velocity vertex vertical plane vertical projections vibrations weight whole
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Page 467 - Or, by an. 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 203 - VI, its Corollaries and Scholium, for Constant Forces, are true in the Motions of. Bodies freely descending by their own Gravity ; namely, that the Velocities are as the Times, and the Spaces as the Squares of the Times, or as the Squares of the Velocities. FOR, since the force of gravity is uniform, and constantly the same, at all places near the earth's surface, or at nearly the same distance from the centre of the earth ; and since • this is the force by which bodies descend to the surface ;...
Page 247 - BPC) ; or, the pressure of a fluid on any surface is equal to the weight of a column of the fluid...
Page 297 - 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 35 - Two planes are said to have the same or a like inclination to one another which two other planes have, when the said angles of inclination are equal to one another.
Page 83 - Let a, b, c, be the sides, and A, B, c, the angles of a spherical triangle, on the surface of a sphere whose radius is r ; then...
Page 393 - Multiply the number in the table of multiplicands, by the breadth and square of the depth, both in inches, and divide that product by the length, also, in inches; the quotient will be the weight in Jbs.t Example 1.
Page 252 - 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 148 - Body is either Hard, Soft, or Elastic. A Hard Body is that whose parts do not yield to any stroke or percussion, but retains its figure unaltered. A Soft Body is that whose parts yield^to any stroke or impression, without restoring themselves again ; the figure of the body remaining altered.