Elementary natural philosophy : designed for high schools and academies (1881)
Griffin, La Roy F. (La Roy Freese), 1844-1916 · Philadelphia : Sower, Potts & Co. · leaf 69
is the beam to carry the load.Timbers AD and BE are firmlybolted to its ends, and the upperends of these timbers are connectedby a beam DE. DC and EF are tierods holding the beam AB to DE.Fig. 68. If now a load be placed anywhere upon AB, the principal part of that load will be sustained by thetie… … CHAPTER II. MECHANICS OF LIQUIDS. 207. The first effect of varying the relative strength ofthe two sets of forces, the attraction and the repulsion,acting upon a solid, is to change its volume. An increaseof the repulsive force, or its equivalent, a diminution ofthe attractive, produces expansion.…
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