An elementary treatise on mechanics, embracing the theory of statics and dynamics, and its applications to solids and fluids (1868)
Smith, Augustus W. (Augustus William), 1802-1866 · New York : Harper · leaf 32
10 STATICS. … Draw the diagonals AC and AD. By Art. 22, AC, the third side of the triangle ABC, repre-sents a force equivalent to thetwo forces AB and BC. AC istherefore the resultant of Pj andP2, and may be substituted forthem. In the same manner, ADis equivalent to the forces AC*D and CD, or to P„ P2, and P3…
Mechanics, Analytic
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