Lessons in Elementary Mechanics Introductory to the Study of Physical Science: Designed for the Use of Schools and of Candidates for the London Matriculation, Preliminary Scientific 1st M.B., and Other Examinations. With Numerous Exercises

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Longmans, Green, and Company, 1875 - 306 pages
 

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Page 160 - Find the relation between the power and the weight in that system of pulleys in which each string is attached to the weight, the strings being parallel and the weights of the pulleys being neglected.
Page 88 - Every body continues in a state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by a force impressed upon it.
Page 166 - If a moving point possess simultaneously velocities which are represented in magnitude and direction by the two sides of a parallelogram drawn from a point, they are equivalent to a velocity which is represented in magnitude and direction by the diagonal of the parallelogram passing through the point.
Page 255 - ... the centre of gravity of a body is the point at which acts the resultant of all the forces, caused by the earth's attraction upon the particles, of which the body is composed. The centre of gravity...
Page 176 - FIG. 57. three forces can be represented by the sides of a triangle taken in order.
Page 235 - If two forces acting on a point are represented in magnitude and direction by two sides of a triangle, under what circumstances will the third side correctly represent their resultant?
Page 240 - Prove that the algebraic sum of the moments of two concurrent forces about any point in their plane is equal to the moment of their resultant about the same point.
Page 120 - any cause which tends to change a body's state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line.
Page 306 - An Edition, printed in Pencil ink, of the Ready Writer, Books I. to VIII. marked severally Books A to H may also be had, price Threepence each Book. Combes, Stevens, and Hole's Complete Writer ; a Set of 16Graduated CopyBooks, on Fine Paper, price 4».

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