Elementary natural philosophy : designed for high schools and academies (1881)
Griffin, La Roy F. (La Roy Freese), 1844-1916 · Philadelphia : Sower, Potts & Co. · leaf 49
Forces are applied at dif-ferent points of a body, but in thesame direction. Thus A C and B D, Fig. 35, are twoequal forces acting upon an inflexiblebar A B. Their resultant, E F, is thesum of the two, since both act in thesame direction. It is evidently appliedto the middle point, as they are…
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