Mathematics, mechanics, heatAmerican School of Correspondence, 1903 - Engineering |
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... the Land 5 Method of Sounding : 22222 23 23 24 25 5 Lord Kelvin's Patent Sound- 5 ing Machine 26 5 Taffrail Log 28 66 Easting " or " Westing " 5 Parallel Rule 28 Page Page Horn Protractor 28 Motion and Velocity : 7 CONTENTS.
... the Land 5 Method of Sounding : 22222 23 23 24 25 5 Lord Kelvin's Patent Sound- 5 ing Machine 26 5 Taffrail Log 28 66 Easting " or " Westing " 5 Parallel Rule 28 Page Page Horn Protractor 28 Motion and Velocity : 7 CONTENTS.
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... Velocity : 7 Nautical Astronomy : 32 Momentum 9 Instruments : 32 Force 9 Sextant of Quadrant 32 Newton's Laws 10 Chronometer 32 Parallelogram of Force 12 Nautical Almanac 32 Force Diagrams : Rational Horizon 34 For Two or More Forces in ...
... Velocity : 7 Nautical Astronomy : 32 Momentum 9 Instruments : 32 Force 9 Sextant of Quadrant 32 Newton's Laws 10 Chronometer 32 Parallelogram of Force 12 Nautical Almanac 32 Force Diagrams : Rational Horizon 34 For Two or More Forces in ...
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... velocity , it is suddenly stopped , the passengers then being thrown forward by their tendency to continue in motion . Mobility is that property in accordance with which the posi- tion of a body may be changed , as , for example , the ...
... velocity , it is suddenly stopped , the passengers then being thrown forward by their tendency to continue in motion . Mobility is that property in accordance with which the posi- tion of a body may be changed , as , for example , the ...
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... VELOCITY . We now come to a consideration of motion and velocity . It may seem simple to define the absolute motion of a body , that is , to state just how far it travels with reference to some fixed point , but there is no point which ...
... VELOCITY . We now come to a consideration of motion and velocity . It may seem simple to define the absolute motion of a body , that is , to state just how far it travels with reference to some fixed point , but there is no point which ...
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... velocity is said to be constant ; but if it first runs 30 , then 40 , and then 50 miles per hour its velocity will be variable . Stopping at stations of course renders its velocity vari- able . If the velocity of a railway train ...
... velocity is said to be constant ; but if it first runs 30 , then 40 , and then 50 miles per hour its velocity will be variable . Stopping at stations of course renders its velocity vari- able . If the velocity of a railway train ...
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acting altitude amount beam body called center of gravity chart circle coefficient compass Corollary course cubic dead reckoning decimal degrees diameter direction distance divided earth elastic elastic limit energy equal equation EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE factor of safety feet per second foot foot-pounds force formula friction gear given greater Greenwich mean heat Hence hour angle hypothenuse kinetic latitude length liquid load logarithm longitude magnetism mantissa mercury meridian miles minute molecules motion move multiplied Nautical orifice parallel parallelogram pendulum perpendicular plane polygon position poundal pounds per square pressure proportional pulley quadrant radius resultant revolutions revolutions per minute right angles right triangles sextant shaft ship ship's side specific gravity square inch straight line stress substance surface temperature Theorem tion triangles A B C unit velocity vertical vessel weight wheel wrought iron
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Page 70 - PROBLEM. To inscribe a circle in a given triangle. Let ABC be the given triangle : it is required to inscribe a circle in the triangle ABC.
Page 39 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 32 - If the diagonals of a quadrilateral bisect each other, the figure is a parallelogram.
Page 6 - Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.
Page 7 - If, at a point in a straight line, two other straight lines, upon the opposite sides of it, make the adjacent angles together equal to two right angles, these two straight lines shall be in one and the same straight line.
Page 54 - If two polygons are composed of the same number of triangles, similar each to each and similarly placed, the polygons are similar.
Page 21 - If two triangles have two sides, and the included angle of the one equal to two sides and the included angle of the other, each to each, the two triangles are equal in all respects.
Page 31 - If two sides of a quadrilateral are equal and parallel, the figure is a parallelogram.
Page 60 - The area of a triangle is equal to one-half the product of its base and altitude.
Page 46 - An angle formed by a tangent and a chord is measured by onehalf the intercepted arc.