Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering : illustrated with four thousand engravings on wood ; in two volumes (1873)
D. Appleton and Company · New York : D. Appleton and Co. · leaf 693
eadth, and distance fallen for area. The following is an example:— A body falling freely during 5 seconds: Starting with a velocity f\0 Ft. Tot. Fall. Falls during the 1st second Acquiring a velocity of Falls during the 2d second Acquiring a velocity of twice 32, or.. Falls during the 3d second… … 160 feet per second. These lawrs are not confined to the motion of falling, but apply equally to every uniformly acceler-ated motion, i. e. every motion produced by an uniform force or pressure. In every such motion, thevelocities, at any different instants, are proportional to the times elapsed…
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