Notes and examples in mechanics; with an appendix on the graphical statics of mechanism; (1903)
Church, Irving P. (Irving Porter), 1851-1931 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 16
t value actingon it at all times and in a vertical downward direction, the valuesof the pressures or pulls exerted upon it by neighboring bodiesdepend on the state of motion of the bodies concerned, as well ason their weights. For instance, suppose that w^e wish to observethe effect, upon a block… … Fig. 3. (but inextensible) cord, led off horizontally to the right and then passing over a frictionless and very light pulley, M, and fasten a 10-lb. weight, B, to the end of the right-hand vertical portion, we find, by interposing a light spring-balance between the two parts of the cord at A^ that…
