A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1896)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W.J. Johnston company · leaf 128
Fig. 164. Composition of Forces. with a given force in a single direction called theresultant. The separate forces, or directions ofmotion, are called the components. Two forces acting simultaneously on a body atA, Fig. 164, tending to move it in the direction B _E … Fig 16S Resolution ojForces, of the arrows, along A B, and A C, with intensi-ties proportioned to the lengths of the lines A B,and A C, respectively, will move it in the direc-tion A D, obtained by drawing B D, and D C, parallel to A C, and A B, respectively, and thendrawing A D, through the point…
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