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the wheel. If we suppose the unwinding motion to be sufficiently uniform, the spacing of these dashes will be in inverse ratio of the velocity. We shall there- fore have a means of assuring ourselves whether or not the motion is uniform, or of calculating the acceleration concomitant with the… … Since in this apparatus the stress resulting from the slope of the ground intervenes, it is necessary to operate upon a road of which the leveling has been verified. Moreover, while the instrument is tared by static stresses, it is submitted during the experiment to dynamometric actions only. With…
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