 | William Guy Peck - Mechanics - 1870 - 332 pages
...the rules laid down for measuring forces, it follows, that the resultant of two forces applied at a point, and acting in the same direction, is equal to the sum of the forces. If two forces act in opposite directions, their resultant is equal to their difference, and it acts... | |
 | Andrew Jamieson - Mechanics, Applied - 1892 - 300 pages
...Consequently, E = E = P + Q For, 24 oz. = 24 oz. = 1 6 oz. + 8 oz. Or, the resultant of any two parallel forces acting in the same direction is equal to the sum of the two forces, and acts parallel to them and at a point between them, so that the ratio of the forces... | |
 | Andrew Jamieson - Mechanics, Applied - 1894 - 350 pages
...R «= E = P + Q For, 24 oz. = 24 oz. = 16 oz. + 8 oz. Or, the resultant of any two parallel forces acting in the same direction is equal to the sum of the two forces, and acts parallel to them and at a point between them, so tJiat the ratio of the forces... | |
 | William Kent - Engineering - 1902 - 1204 pages
...required forces are called components of the given force. The resultant of two forces applied at a point, and acting in the same direction, is equal to the sum of the forces. If two forces act in opposite directions, their resultant is equal to their difference, and it acts... | |
 | Andrew Jamieson - Mechanics, Applied - 1902 - 414 pages
...Consequently, R = E = P + P ie, 8 oz. = 8 oz. = 4 oz. + 4 oz. Or, the resultant of two equal parallel forces acting in the same direction is equal to the sum of the two forces, and acts midway between them and parallel to them — ie, at the same point as the equilibrant,... | |
 | Andrew Jamieson - Mechanics, Applied - 1904 - 410 pages
...Consequently, R = E = P + P ie, 8 oz. = 8 oz. = 4 oz. + 4 o». Or, the resultant of two equal parallel forces acting in the same direction is equal to the sum of the two forces, and acts midway between them and parallel to them — ie, at the same point as the equilibrant,... | |
 | Henry Charles Wolff - Mathematics - 1914 - 332 pages
...+ Qd. This equation shows that the moment, about any point, of the resultant of two parallel forces acting in the same direction is equal to the sum of the moments of the two forces about the same point. The proof given above considers the lines of action... | |
 | Robert Andrews Millikan, Henry Gordon Gale, Willard R. Pyle - Science - 1920 - 542 pages
...as is produced by the joint action of the two forces. that is, the resultant of two parallel forces acting in the same direction is equal to the sum of the two forces. Similarly, the resultant of two oppositely directed forces applied at the same point is... | |
 | James Ellsworth Boyd - Mechanics, Applied - 1921 - 448 pages
...all three. This process may be continued indefinitely. The resultant of any number of parallel forces in the same direction is equal to the sum of the forces, and the moment of the resultant about any point is equal to the sum of the moments of the separate... | |
 | Charles Elwood Dull - Physics - 1922 - 612 pages
...stick between them furnish a third example of parallel forces. The resultant of two parallel forces acting in the same direction is equal to the sum of the two forces. The resultant must be applied at the center of moments. 113. Resolution of Forces. We have... | |
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The resultant of two forces applied at the same point, and acting in the same direction, is equal to the sum of the forces. For example, if the two forces AB and AC, one equal to two and the other equal to three pounds ,are applied at point A, then their... 
