Allen, Charles Ricketson, 1862- [from old catalog] · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 174
ast and one pulling it north. Can a single force be found COMPOSITION OF FORCES. 161 that, when applied alone to the point, will produce the sameeffect as the two forces ? To answer this question we mustlet two forces act on a body at an angle, and see if we can sub-stitute for them one force that… … other balances, C and D. A and B are fastened to thetable, and by pulling on C two forces will act on the pointa at an angle AaB. The balance C will hold this pointagainst the combined action of A and B, and this com-bined action will pull the index of G down to a certainpoint, and a will take a…
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