Encyclop¿dia 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 729
... greater inequality there is betwixt the fides , the lefs power is loft . 7.071 pounds faftened to it by a ftring , and. Mechanical redly oppofile . THIS in all cafes is only to be accomplished by the application of a power greater than ...
... greater inequality there is betwixt the fides , the lefs power is loft . 7.071 pounds faftened to it by a ftring , and. Mechanical redly oppofile . THIS in all cafes is only to be accomplished by the application of a power greater than ...
Page 745
... greater weight than that commonly 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 ...
... greater weight than that commonly 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 ...
Page 765
... greater will be the effect ; becaufe it depends lefs upon the impulse of the head , and more upon the gra- vity of the water in the buckets : and if we confider how obliquely the water iffuing from the head muft ftrike the buckets , we ...
... greater will be the effect ; becaufe it depends lefs upon the impulse of the head , and more upon the gra- vity of the water in the buckets : and if we confider how obliquely the water iffuing from the head muft ftrike the buckets , we ...
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