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 327
are similar to those of the recoil of a cannon which sucks in a projectile. If, therefore, an elastic ball, which has but one escape-tube, be attached to the reaction-wheel, in the manner represented in Fig. 153 a, and be alternately squeezed so that the same quantity of air is by turns blown out… … Fig. 153 b. THE EXTENSION OF THE PRINCIPLES. 301 sucked into the spokes must participate in the motion Expiana-of the latter and therefore can produce no reactional variations,rotation, but it also partly results from the differenceof the motion which the air outside the tube assumesin the two…
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