The elements of applied mathematics including kinetics, statics, and hydrostatics (1894)
Jessop, C. M. (Charles Minshall), 1861-1939 · London, New York, G. Bell and Sons; [etc.] · leaf 206
leys are used, if the diameter of eachpulley be 4 inches, find to what point of the bar the weight should beattached in order that the bar may remain horizontal. THE SIMPLE MACHINES. 187 187. The inclined plane. An inclined plane is a plane making an angle less than aright angle with the horizon. A… … Fm. 116. In the figure AB, CD and EF are lines of greatest slope. The plane is supposed smooth, and hard enough to sustainany pressure. 188. A body is kept in equilibrium on an inclined plane:by the action of three forces, viz. its weight W, the pressureof the plane R (perpendicular to the plane),…
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