Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 42
rant of the forces, andthe single force that would balancethe equilibrant is called the result-ant of the forces. Or, otherwisestated, the resultant of any num-ber of forces is a force which pro- ^1duces the same effect. It can beproved that—The cdgehraic sumof the moments of any numderof forces… … Fi-. 7. 27 20 STRENGTH OF MATERIALS This is a useful principle and is called principle of moments. 31, All the forces acting upon a body which is at rest are said to be halanced or in eqtdlihrium. No force is required to balance such forces and hence their equilibrant and resultant are zero. Since…
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