Boys' own book : a complete encyclopedia of athletic, scientific, outdoor, and indoor sports (1881)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838 · New York : J. Miller, Publisher · leaf 369
e rider; when, therefore, hethrows it upward, it is influenced by two forces which are PHILOSOPHY IN SPORT ki the direction of the two sides of a parallelogram, and itconsequently describes the diagonal. You are quite right; but you doubtless will perceivethat, instead of a straight line, the… … The orange, as it is thrown into the air, is influenced by two forces; the one arising from the progressive motion ofthe rider, the other from the projectile force imparted to it.These two forces are in the dkection of the adjacent sides ofa paraUelogram, and were it not for the operation of…
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