Henley's Encyclopædia of Practical Engineering and Allied Trades: A Practical and Indispensable Work of Reference for the Mechanical Engineer, Designer, Draftsman, Shop Superintendent, Foreman and Machinist ...Joseph Gregory Horner N.W. Henley Publishing Company, 1906 - Engineering |
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Page 79 - THE angles at the base of an isosceles triangle are equal to one another : and, if the equal sides be produced, the angles upon the other side of the base shall be equal.
Page 162 - Change of motion is proportional to the impressed force, and takes place in the direction of the straight line in which the force acts.
Page 218 - Al Antimony Sb Argon A Arsenic As Barium Ba Bismuth Bi Boron B Bromine Br Cadmium Cd Caesium Cs CALCIUM Ca...
Page 218 - Rhodium Rh Rubidium Rb Ruthenium Ru Samarium Sm Scandium Sc Selenium Se Silicon Si Silver Ag Sodium Na Strontium Sr Sulphur S Tantalum Ta Technetium Tc Tellurium...
Page 162 - Every body continues in its state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, except in so far as it may be compelled by impressed forces to change that state.
Page 199 - The watt = 10 7 absolute units of power (or 10,000,000 ergs per second), and is the power of a current of one ampere flowing under a pressure of one volt.
Page 55 - A cone is a solid figure described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides containing the right angle, which side remains fixed.
Page 199 - A great and important law is that known as the conservation of energy, which states that the total amount of energy in the universe is constant, and that man is neither able to create nor to destroy energy.
Page 162 - ... any cause which produces or tends to produce a change in a body's state of rest or motion...