Bartlett, W. H. C. (William Holms Chambers), 1804-1893 · New York : Barnes · leaf 112
nt A tends todescribe equal relative paths, or will have equal relativevelocities, in the two directions A B and A F. Hence,taking upon FA produced, and upon A F, the equalportions A B and A B, and completing the parallelogramAB CB\ the diagonal A C, passing through the positionof the point, will… … § 106.—We have seen that any single motion may beresolved into two others, and the reverse. This arisesfrom the simple fact, that a body may, in reality, be ani-mated by two or more simultaneous velocities. To illus- illustration of thetrate, let it be supposed that while a boat is crossing a…
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