Young, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1834-1908, Young, Anne Sewell, b. 1871., ed · Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn and Company · leaf 65
velocity of 32| feet, which a falling body acquires in thefirst second of its fall. As stated in the Physics in the passage referred to, a bodyat the equator of the earth has its weight diminished by g-J-g- part,in consequence of this force. (But see Art. 91.) 81. Effect of Centrifugal Force in… … 8 81j CENTRIFUGAL FORCE. 51 the axis being less. Moreover, as shown in Fig. 17, the cen-trifugal force MT at M, since it acts at right angles to theearths axis, OP, is not directly op-posed to the earths attraction, whichacts (nearly) on the line MO; it isnot, therefore, wholly effective…
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