Gage, Alfred P. (Alfred Payson), 1836-1903 · Boston, London, Ginn · leaf 76
tion ofthis line. It remains to ascertain whether the diagonal linead represents the magnitude of the resultant. Evidently if COMPOSITION OP FORCES. 69 this diagonal does represent the resultant, then the samediagonal with the direction reversed will represent theequilibrant of these forces. We put… … Fig. 39. balance as shown in the figure. Stretch the balances so as to indicateany desired pull in each of the threads. Place under the threads a sheetof white paper. Locate on the paper the common point of application Api the three forces. Draw lines AB, AC, and AD, to represent thedirections in…
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