Hatfield, Robert Griffith, 1815-1879. [from old catalog] · New York & London, Wiley and Putnam · leaf 150
is therefore far preferable. This and the preceding examples exempHfy, in a measure, theresolution of forces ; viz., the finding of two or more forces, which,acting in different directions, shall exactly balance the pressureof any given single force. Thus, in Fig. 185, supposing theweight, TF, to… … C Fig. 189. 252.—The composition of forces consists in ascertaining thedirection and amount of one force, which shall be just capable ofbalancing two or m,ore given forces, acting in different directions.This is only the reverse of the resolution of forces, and the twoare founded on one and the…
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