Haswell, Charles Haynes, 1809- [from old catalog] · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 341
-, tending to compress it in the direc-tion of its length; the stress upon it, compared to the weight supported,being as the diagonal to the side of the square, or as 1.4142 to 1. Conse-quently, if the weight borne by the crane is 1000 lbs., the thrust or corn*pression upon the stay will be1414.2… … The weight VV is sustained by the rope orchain, and the tension is equal upon both partsof it; that is, on the two sides of the square,ia and 6 W. Consequently the jib, ia, has nostress upon it, and serves merely to retain thestay, a e. If the foot of the stay be set at rc, the thrust upon it, as…
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