Gibson's London matriculation guide, by J. Gibson [and others].1882 |
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... gravity of a triangle is in the line joining the apex with the middle of the base , and at one - third of its length from the base . Prove this . 5. When there are four moveable pulleys in one block , how much string passes through the ...
... gravity of a triangle is in the line joining the apex with the middle of the base , and at one - third of its length from the base . Prove this . 5. When there are four moveable pulleys in one block , how much string passes through the ...
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... Gravity of the system . B. 6. A quantity of heavy liquid is at rest under the action of gravity , its surface extending over a considerable area . State what you know re- specting ( 1 ) The form of the free surface ; ( 2 ) The relation ...
... Gravity of the system . B. 6. A quantity of heavy liquid is at rest under the action of gravity , its surface extending over a considerable area . State what you know re- specting ( 1 ) The form of the free surface ; ( 2 ) The relation ...
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... gravity . Suppose that a cubic foot of air weighs 1.2 oz . , and a cubic foot of water 1,000 oz . A balloon so thin that the volume of its substance may be neglected , contains 1.5 cubic feet of coal - gas , and the envelope , together ...
... gravity . Suppose that a cubic foot of air weighs 1.2 oz . , and a cubic foot of water 1,000 oz . A balloon so thin that the volume of its substance may be neglected , contains 1.5 cubic feet of coal - gas , and the envelope , together ...
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... gravity . The centre of gravity must be either above or below the axis . In the first case the effect will cause it to fall further away ; in the second case it tends to restore the body to the position of equilibrium . In the first ...
... gravity . The centre of gravity must be either above or below the axis . In the first case the effect will cause it to fall further away ; in the second case it tends to restore the body to the position of equilibrium . In the first ...
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... gravity of ammonia is 8.5 referred to hydrogen , or 0.5367 referred to air . easily liquified either by cold or pressure . It possesses a pungent odour . It will not support combustion and does not burn in air . It will , how- ever ...
... gravity of ammonia is 8.5 referred to hydrogen , or 0.5367 referred to air . easily liquified either by cold or pressure . It possesses a pungent odour . It will not support combustion and does not burn in air . It will , how- ever ...
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Page 14 - ULYSSES. IT little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Matched with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.
Page 23 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind?
Page 23 - All the interior angles of any rectilineal figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.
Page 30 - Six years have passed, — a long time for a boy and a dog; Bob Ainslie is off to the wars; I am a medical student, and clerk at Minto House Hospital. Rab I saw almost every week, on the Wednesday; and we had much pleasant intimacy. I found the way to his heart by frequent scratching of his huge head, and an occasional bone. When I did not notice him he would plant himself straight before me, and stand wagging that bud of a tail, and looking up, with his head a little to one side. His .master I occasionally...
Page 26 - We look before and after, And pine for what is not ; Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught ; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
Page 11 - To divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole, and one of the parts, may be equal to the square of the other part.
Page 11 - Find the locus of a point, the distances of which from two given straight lines have a fixed ratio. 143. Find the locus of a point which moves so that the sum of its distances from two vertices of an equilateral triangle shall equal its distance from the third.
Page 33 - If the square described on one side of a triangle be equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides, the angle contained by these two sides is a right angle.
Page 19 - In every triangle, the square on the side subtending an acute angle is less than the squares on the sides containing that angle, by twice the rectangle contained by either of these sides, and the straight line intercepted between the perpendicular let fall on it from the opposite angle and the acute angle.
Page 42 - If three forces acting at a point be represented in magnitude and direction by the sides of a triangle taken in order, they will be in equilibrium.