An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth (1888)
Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863, Papworth, Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau, 1822-1894 · London Longmans, Green · leaf 371
ght, CG, CB its sides, and itsend, GBC, is the terminating surface of two equallyinclined planes GCE, BCE. 1322. When a wedge is in equilibrio, the poweracting on the hack is to the force acting at rightangles to either side as the breadtli of the backAB (Jig. 560.) is to the length of the side AC… … Chap. I. MECHANICS AND STATICS. S51 acting on tlie back to drive the wedge forward, and the sides AC, BC are perpendicularto the forces acting on them, tlu- three forces are tlierefore as A13, AC, BC. Thus, theforce on the back, its effect ])erpendiciilarly to AC, and its effect parallel to AB, are…
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