The Cambridge Course of Elementary Natural Philosophy: Being the Propositions in Mechanics and Hydrostatics in which Those Persons who are Not Candidates for Honours are Examined for the Degree of B.A.Thomas Lund |
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ABCD acting perpendicularly applied arms Axiom axis Barometer Cambridge Centre of Gravity cloth column Crown 8vo cubic foot cubic inches cylinder distance equal bulk equilibrium EUCLID Fcap feet floats forces act fulcrum is equal greater Hence horizontal plane Hydrometer Hydrostatic Balance immersed Inclined Plane inversely length Lever MCN line of action lower block magnitude and direction mechanical advantage mercury middle point motion move moveable pulleys parallel parallelogram Parallelogram of Forces particles passes round piston placed position Power prism produced Prop Proposition Quantity of Matter ratio represented in magnitude Resultant right angles Second Edition Sermons shew shewn solid Specific Gravity square inch straight Lever straight line substance supposed surface Thermometer three forces tion triangle tube uniform density University of Cambridge valve vertical line vessel W's velocity Weight act Wheel and Axle whole weight
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