A manual of the mechanics of engineering and of the construction of machines. Designed as a text-book for technical schools and colleges, and for the use of engineers, architects, etc. (1878)
Weisbach, Julius Ludwig, 1806-1871, Du Bois, A. Jay (Augustus Jay), 1849-1915, Buel, Richard H. (Richard Hooker), b. 1842 · New York. J. Wiley & Sons, 1878- · leaf 177
roidal segments, and the question arises as to whatthickness is to be given to these partsof the boiler. Suppose the boiler inform a polyhedron, and assume thatit is limited by three-sided plane sur-faces, which unite to make a cornerwith four edges, as shown at E, Fig.624; suppose, further, this… … §4IO.] STEAM-GENERATING AFPAKATUS. 165 This force can be decomposed into two parts P, and P^,of which the one balances the tensions 5,, >S,, of the surfacesA D E and B C E. and the other the tensions S^, 5,, of thesurfaces ABE and CD E. Hence P^ = a^ S^ and P^ = a^_ S„, if o, and o:^ indicate…
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