Henderson, C. Hanford (Charles Hanford), 1861-1941, Woodhull, John F. (John Francis), 1857-1941 · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 99
F;g. 40.—Inclined plane. and will finally equal the weight, w, when the plane is ver-tical. Then w — p. In Fig. 41 the weight is represented by a straight line,c g (which, as we have seen, must always be vertical andmust start from the center of gravity, c). This is the only … Fig. 41.—Analysis of inclined plane. force acting on the body. But the body can not move inthe direction of c g. It can only move down the inclinedplane, and this it will soon proceed to do unless we stop it. MACHINES 83 Hence the weight eg must be resolved into a component, c I,parallel to the…
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