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 734
... weight of that body , by putting it at a proper distance from the fulcrum upon the long arm . Thus if the weight when placed at the divifion 5 counterpoifes that placed in the fcale , it fhows that the body weighs exactly five pounds ...
... weight of that body , by putting it at a proper distance from the fulcrum upon the long arm . Thus if the weight when placed at the divifion 5 counterpoifes that placed in the fcale , it fhows that the body weighs exactly five pounds ...
Page 745
... weight , but Powers . on the particular mechanifm of the crown wheel ; which is fuch , that when once the pendulum is top- ped , it would require a much greater weight than that commonly applied to fet it in motion ; and if the ufual weight ...
... weight , but Powers . on the particular mechanifm of the crown wheel ; which is fuch , that when once the pendulum is top- ped , it would require a much greater weight than that commonly applied to fet it in motion ; and if the ufual weight ...
Page 783
... weights and figures , the distances of their cen- tres of gyration from their axes of motion would be- come known , and confequently an equivalent weight , which being accumulated uniformly in the circumfe- rence abcd , would exert an ...
... weights and figures , the distances of their cen- tres of gyration from their axes of motion would be- come known , and confequently an equivalent weight , which being accumulated uniformly in the circumfe- rence abcd , would exert an ...
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