The elements of mechanics, comprehending statics and dynamics (1848)
Young, J. R. (John Radford), 1799-1885, Williams, John D., ed · Philadelphia, E.H. Butler & Co · leaf 280
ite, which is impossible. We shall have, therefore, R=2 P* cos. X. This result establishes the property otherwise deduced in art. 11, viz. that any two equal forces have for their resultant the diagonal of the rhombus constructed on the straight lines which represent them in magnitude and… … (253)SOLUTIONS AND NOTES BY THE EDITOR. Problem XI.—Page 92.—It will here be convenient to use fig.49, (plate p. 90,) which is used in the solution of prob. Ill, p. 85,observing that in the present question AC = CB and .•. that the per-pendicular CE falls upon the middle of AB and bisects the…
Mechanics, Analytic
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