Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 10. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 745
... applied to fet it in motion ; and if the ufual weight was to act fairly , it would be more than fuffi- cient to move all the machinery , and make the pen- dulum vibrate alfo with much greater force than it does . Fig . 54 . $ 8. Of ...
... applied to fet it in motion ; and if the ufual weight was to act fairly , it would be more than fuffi- cient to move all the machinery , and make the pen- dulum vibrate alfo with much greater force than it does . Fig . 54 . $ 8. Of ...
Page 775
... applied his method , among other ufeful purpofes , to the discovery of the retardation which bodies fuffer by paffing through refifting fubftances . " The forces of refiftance , which are opposed to the motion of bodies impinging on ...
... applied his method , among other ufeful purpofes , to the discovery of the retardation which bodies fuffer by paffing through refifting fubftances . " The forces of refiftance , which are opposed to the motion of bodies impinging on ...
Page 780
... applied at the extremity of the longer arm , when the lever is horizontal . Required to determine the time in which W will be raised through any given height , the weight and inertia of the lever itself not being confi- dered . dulum ...
... applied at the extremity of the longer arm , when the lever is horizontal . Required to determine the time in which W will be raised through any given height , the weight and inertia of the lever itself not being confi- dered . dulum ...
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