Elements of mechanics: for the use of colleges, academies, and high schools (1859)
Peck, William G. (William Guy), 1820-1892 · New York, A. S. Barnes & Burr · leaf 100
normal components at each of the points mustbe such as ■ to maintain each other in equilibrium, and theresidtants of the remaining components at each of the pointsA and B must be equal and directly opposed. Let ABCD represent a cord, at the different pointsA, B, G, D, of which areapplied groups of… … 98 MECHANICS. and the forces applied by P, P, P, &c, as shown in thefigure. The forces in equilibrium about the point A areP, P, P, and t, directed from A to B ; the forces in equili*brium about B are P,P^, % directed from B to A, andZ, directed from B to (7. The tension t is the same at…
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