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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 52

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;c, be the forces ; p19 p2, ps, &c, theirarms respectively. The couples may all be removed into one 28 STATICS. Ap* VPiVP* VPi plane (Art. 57), turned round in thatplane (Art. 55), moved in it (Art. 56),and their arms changed (Art. 59) to acommon arm, while their moments re-main the same. Let p… … And the forces at B are equal to the same sum.then for the moment of the resultant couple, (P/1+P,a+P3+> &c.) AB=(F1+Fa+F3+)jo, -P1p1+P^2+P3p3+&c. If either of the originalcouples, as P3jo3,tend to pro-duce motion in the oppositedirection, its sign will be neg-ative. The sum of the…

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