Maurer, Edward R. (Edward Rose), b. 1869 · New York : John Wiley & sons, inc.; [etc., etc.] · leaf 32
f action of the first resultant.This difiiculty can be met as follows: Introduce into the given systemtwo equal, opposite, and colinear forces, which will not change the resultant,taking their common line of action somewhat across those of the givenforces; then use the first method, compounding… … Fig. 29 that these components, excepting one of the first force and one of the lastforce, balance or destroy each other; these two remaining componentsare, in general, concurrent, and so we readily find their resultant, which isalso the resultant of the given forces. For example, let Fi, F2, F3,…
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