A London encyclopaedia, or universal dictionary of science, art, literature and practical mechanics : comprising a popular view of the present state of knowledge : illustrated by numerous engravings, a general atlas, and appropriate diagrams (1829)
Curtis, Thomas, fl. 1820 · London : Thomas Tegg · leaf 161
ry variation of the square ofthe velocity is as the force, and as the incrementor decrement of the space jointly ; and may berepresented by + j; u zzfs. The first propo-sition is familiarly known. The second is the39th of Newtons Principia, B. I. It is de-monstrated in the article Optics, and is… … F /■ G O in which this velocity would be extinguished bythe uniform action of the resistance. Drawthrough the point A an equilateral hyperbolaA f^ B having OF, O C D, for its assymptotes ;then let the time of the resisted motion be rep-resented by the line C B, C being the first instantof the…
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