Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 1. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 542
... given point and in a given direction , and let it be an ting Forces , der the influence of a mechanical force , whofe direction , intensity , and variation , are all known : it is required to Inverfe pro- determine its path , and its ...
... given point and in a given direction , and let it be an ting Forces , der the influence of a mechanical force , whofe direction , intensity , and variation , are all known : it is required to Inverfe pro- determine its path , and its ...
Page 543
... given , becaufe VC is given , and V m is the given velocity V , diminished in the ratio of radius to the fine of the given angle CVQ . But the line 2 Io is of variable magnitude , but it is alfo given , by means of known quantities . I ...
... given , becaufe VC is given , and V m is the given velocity V , diminished in the ratio of radius to the fine of the given angle CVQ . But the line 2 Io is of variable magnitude , but it is alfo given , by means of known quantities . I ...
Page 662
... given , the angle of deflection may be found . " FLUENT , or FLOWING QUANTITY , in the doc- trine of fluxions , is the variable quantity which is con- fidered as increafing and decreafing ; or the fluent of a given fluxion , is that ...
... given , the angle of deflection may be found . " FLUENT , or FLOWING QUANTITY , in the doc- trine of fluxions , is the variable quantity which is con- fidered as increafing and decreafing ; or the fluent of a given fluxion , is that ...
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