Elements of mechanics: treated by means of the differential and integral calculus (1887)
Peck, William G[uy], 1820-1892. [from old catalog] · New York, Chicago, A. S. Barnes & company · leaf 133
er must be applied to sustain the gun in a horizon. tal position? Ans. 4.754 lbs. The Wedge. IOO. The wedge is a solid, bounded by a rectangleBD, called the hack y two equal rect-angles, AF and DF> called faces; *and two equal isosceles triangles, calledends. The line FF, in which the n a,faces… … 128 MECHANICS. is applied normally to one face, and the other half normallyto the other face.- Let ABC be asection of a wedge made by a planeat right angles to the edge. Denotethe power by JP, and the resistanceopposed to each face by \B\ denotethe angle BAC of the wedge by2p. Produce the…
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