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 46
otation in the system. The resultantmoment may become 0, either in consequence of the leverarm becoming 0, or in consequence of the resultant itselfbeing equal to 0. In the former case, the centre of mo-ments lies upon the direction of the resultant, and the nu-merical value of the sum of the… … COMPOSITION AND RESOLUTION OF FOECES. 43 Moments, with respect to an Axis. S70 To form an idea of the moment of a force withrespect to a straight line, takenas an axis of moments. Let Prepresent any force, and let theaxis of Z he assumed so as tocoincide with the axis of mo-ments. Draw the straight…
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