Locomotive operation; a technical and practical analysis (1904)
Henderson, G. R. (George R.), b. 1861 · Chicago, Railway Age · leaf 20
te 3 in a manner similar tothat previously explained. A uniform force applied to a body produces a constant ac- INERTIA. celeration, and an increasing velocity, as demonstrated by theformula v= pt, this shouing that the velocity attained is di-rectly proportional to the time of the acceleration. In… … 100 150 200 TIME IN SECONDS. really a continually diminishing quantity, and this prevents theattainment of a high velocity as rapidly as would be the casewere these .variables absent, and which then would result in aconstant rate of acceleration similar to the motion of a fallingbody. The term…
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