Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1861)
Appleton, firm, publishers, New York. (1852, D. Appleton & Co.) · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 727
owsthat the body will move or not accordingas Q M is greater or less than Q M, thatis, as P P is greater or less than P P,or as the angle P M A is greater or lessthan the angle B M A. These conditionsiitv shown in the diagrams: ii. the firstthere would be motion induced by the preponderance of… … Its tangent is the fraction PM : p, , which is the coefficient of friction. The angle is manifestly FRICTION. Ill the same for surfaces of the same nature, whatever be the actual amount of the impressed force P; butis different for different surfaces. From this then it appears that the force…
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