Elementary treatise on physics, experimental and applied : for the use of colleges and schools (1906)
Ganot, A. (Adolphe), 1804-1887, Atkinson, Edmund, 1831-1901, Reinold, A. W. (Arnold William), 1843-1921 · New York : Wood · leaf 83
t, let a and bbe the arms of levers corresponding to x and p.Then from the principle of the lever (43) we haveax-pb. Similarly, if ^, is the weight when thebody is placed in the other pan, then bx = ap^.Hence abx^ = ahpp^., from which x=^pp^. Thismethod was invented by P^re Amiot, but isordinarily… … 66 Gravitation and Molecular Attraction [77- Jolly made use of a very sensible balance to determine the constant ofgravity. The balance (fig. 58) was placed in a room in the tower ofthe University of Munich, and to each of the scale-pans was attached, by awire 21 metres in length, a second…
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