A Collection of Problems and Examples Adapted to the "Elementary Course of Mathematics.": With an Appendix Containing the Questions Proposed During the First Three Days of the Senate-House Examinations in the Years 1848, 1849, 1850, and 1851 |
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... pressure on tack ::: cosine of half the angle between the directions of the forces . 3. A body is suspended from a given point in a hori- zontal plane , by a string of known length , which is thrust out of its vertical position by a rod ...
... pressure on tack ::: cosine of half the angle between the directions of the forces . 3. A body is suspended from a given point in a hori- zontal plane , by a string of known length , which is thrust out of its vertical position by a rod ...
Page 66
... three tacks , forming a vertical isosceles triangle of which the base is horizontal and the angle opposite to the base 120o . Find the pressure on each of the tacks . 15. Three forces represented by the numbers 3 , 5 66 STATICS . Statics.
... three tacks , forming a vertical isosceles triangle of which the base is horizontal and the angle opposite to the base 120o . Find the pressure on each of the tacks . 15. Three forces represented by the numbers 3 , 5 66 STATICS . Statics.
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... the planes ; compare the pressures on the planes . 14. In the third system of pullies , there being 8 equal heavy pullies , find the ratio of the weight of one of the pullies to the weight supported , in order that the 70 STATICS .
... the planes ; compare the pressures on the planes . 14. In the third system of pullies , there being 8 equal heavy pullies , find the ratio of the weight of one of the pullies to the weight supported , in order that the 70 STATICS .
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... pressure , force , and weight are as the numbers 4 , 5 , 7 ; find the inclination of the plane to the horizon , and the inclination of the force's direction to the plane . 17. Find the inclination to the horizon of the thread of a screw ...
... pressure , force , and weight are as the numbers 4 , 5 , 7 ; find the inclination of the plane to the horizon , and the inclination of the force's direction to the plane . 17. Find the inclination to the horizon of the thread of a screw ...
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... pressure on each tack . 4. Two weights P and Q balance each other upon the surface of a sphere by a string of given length , passing over the highest point . Required the position of equilibrium . 5. Two weights sustain each other upon ...
... pressure on each tack . 4. Two weights P and Q balance each other upon the surface of a sphere by a string of given length , passing over the highest point . Required the position of equilibrium . 5. Two weights sustain each other upon ...
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Page 111 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the...
Page 128 - To divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts, shall be equal to the square of the other part.
Page 111 - If a straight line be divided into two equal parts, and also into two unequal parts, the rectangle contained by the unequal parts, together with the square on the line between the points of section, is equal to the square on half the line.
Page 112 - EQUAL straight lines in a circle are equally distant from the centre ; and those which are equally distant from the centre, are equal to one another.
Page 144 - ... a circle. The angle in a semicircle is a right angle: the angle in a segment greater than a semicircle is less than a right angle ; and the angle in a segment less than a semicircle is greater than a right angle.
Page 160 - Triangles upon equal bases, and between the same parallels, are equal to one another.
Page 112 - If two triangles have one angle of the one equal to one angle of the other and the sides about these equal angles proportional, the triangles are similar.
Page 160 - In any right-angled triangle, the square which is described upon the side subtending the right angle, is equal to the squares described upon the sides which contain the right angle.