The Principles of Mechanics ...: To which is Now Added, an Appendix; Containing Explanatory Notes, Illustrations, and Observations. A New Edition, with Important Corrections ...Knight and Lacey at the James Watt, 1825 - 318 Seiten |
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The Principles of Mechanics ...: To Which Is Now Added, an Appendix ... William Emerson Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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Anemoscope angle angular velocity arch axis axle beam body centre of gravity circle circumference cord curve cycloid cylinder density descend diameter distance divided draw drawn engine epicycloid equal equilibrio EXAMPLE fall feet fixed fluid force acting force applied friction fulcrum given going greater Hence hole horizontal inches inclined plane iron latus rectum length lever machine mechanical moveable number of teeth oblique parabola parallel particle pendulum perpendicular pinion pipe piston placed plate pounds pressure Prop proportion pulley pump quantity of matter quantity of motion radius raise reciprocally resistance rest right line roller rope round sails SCHOLIUM screw shew side sine spaces described specific gravity spring square stone strength stress strike suppose surface tooth tube turn valve velocity vessel vibrating vis viva water wheel weight wheel whilst whole wind wood
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Seite xxv - And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal.
Seite 155 - ... provided the elbow of one of the handles be at right angles to that of the other. And with a fly, or heavy wheel, applied to it, a man may do...
Seite 131 - To shew that the resultant thrust on any plane surface under fluid pressure is equal to the weight of a column of the fluid whose base is the area of the surface and whose height is the depth of the centre of gravity of the surface.
Seite xvii - Being preceded and led by- a boy, hired for that purpose, he crawled in slow and solemn state, at the rate of a mile and a half in an hour, till in due time he arrived at Darlington, and was conducted, in the same state, to the great entertainment of the spectators, through the streets to the inn where he wished to refresh himself and his beast. What idea Emerson himself entertained of the velocity with which the animal could move, appears from this, that when a neighbour of his, from Hurworth, asked...
Seite 110 - ... in a few hours. Now, the weight of a column of air of the height of the atmosphere is equal to that of a column of mercury twenty-eight inches high, or of a column of water of the height of about thirty-three feet.
Seite xxv - Force is a power exerted on a body to move it. If it act but for a moment, it is called the force of percussion or impulse. If it act constantly, it is called an accelerative force.
Seite 50 - If a line be drawn from the centre of gravity of a body perpendicular to the horizon, it is called the line of direction, because it is the line that the centre of gravity would describe if the body fell freely.
Seite 44 - For since the time of vibration is to the time of descent through half the length of the pendulum, as the circumference of a circle to its diameter, that is, as 3.14159 to 1?
Seite 14 - The motions of bodies included in a given space are the same among themselves, whether that space is at rest, or moves uniformly forward in a right line without any circular motion.
Seite 99 - ... the great limbs is stronger than that of the small ones, and the wood in the heart of a sound tree is strongest of all. I have also found by experience, that a piece of timber, which has borne a great weight for a small time, has broke with a far less weight, when left upon it for a far longer time.