An elementary treatise on mechanics, embracing the theory of statics and dynamics, and its applications to solids and fluids (1849)
Smith, Augustus William, 1802-1866 · New York, Harper · leaf 126
weight as the base to thelength. 166. Cor. 2. If the power act parallel to the base of the plane,e= — i, and (c) becomes W_cos. z_AC P~sTnT7~BCor, the power is to the weight as the height to the base._, ... W cos.; AC From (d), TT=-r=AB or, the reaction of the plane is to the weight as the length… … Let W and W, be the weights of the bodies, andi, it the inclinations of theplanes. If t be the tension of thecord, we have for equilib-rium on the plane ABc (Art. 165), t=W. sin. i,t=W, sin. zj.. Wsin. i=W, sin. ix, V AB VVlBCWABW^BC or, the weights are proportional to the lengths of the planes…
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