The elements of theoretical and descriptive astronomy, for the use of colleges and academies (1872)
White, Charles J. (Charles Joyce), 1839-1917 · Philadelphia, Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger · leaf 258
represented in magni-tude by the lengths of thelines AD and AB respectively,the resultant of these twoforces will be a force in thedirection A C, and of a magnitude represented by the lengthof the line A C. The parallelogram is called the parallelogramof forces. 25. Conversely: any given force may… … kirkwoodb law. 247 AB and AD will be the two components acting in the givendirections. 26. The force which must continually urge a material pointtowards the centre of a circle, in order that it may describe thecircumference with a uniform velocity, is equal to the square ofthe linear velocity…
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