The science of mechanics; a critical and historical account of its development (1902)
Mach, Ernst, 1838-1916, McCormick, Thomas Joseph, 1865- tr · Chicago, The Open court publishing company; · leaf 165
ause one body to fall along thelength of an inclined plane and simultaneously anotherto fall freely along its height, and ask what the dis-tances are that are traversed by the two in equal inter-vals of time, the solution of the problem will be readilyfound (Fig. 90) by simply letting fall from B a… … FS. 90. Fig. 91. Relative If We describe (Fig. 91) a circle on AB as diame- tiraesofde- , . , .„ scription of ter, the Circle will pass through D, because Z> is aanddiame- right angle. It will be seen thus, that we can imagine ters of cir- ,-.,.,, ° cies. any number of inclined planes, A£, AF,…
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