Mathematical elements of natural philosophy, confirm'd by experiments : or, An introduction to Sir Isaac Newton's philosophy (1747)
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pears in Strings that have their Ends fixed v/ithoutbeing ftretched : for if you remove them a little from their Po-fition, they do not return to it. But what the Degree of Tenfionis, which gives Beginning to Elafticity, is not yet determined byExperiments. 12 81. When a Fibre is extended with too… … Chap. 12. of Natural Philofophy ^jr Hence appears the Difference of Bodies that are ekflick, and 1282.fuch as are not fo ; why a Body lofes its Elafticity, and how aBody deftitute of Elafticity acquires that Property. A Plate ofMetal, by repeated Blows of a Hammer, whereby the Fibres areftretched,…
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