Millikan, Robert Andrews, Gale, Henry Gordon · Boston : Ginn and Co. · leaf 79
equivalent in their joint effect to a single force, theymust be sides of the parallelogram of which the single forceis the diagonal. Hence the following rule: To find the com-po7ient of a force in any given direction, represent the force hya line; then, using the line as a diagonal, construct upon… … Fig. 03. Horizontal component of pull on a sled g^Hfjadi COMPOSITION AND RESOLUTION OF FORCES 63 ^magnitude of the component which is sought. Thus, in Fig. 62the line Om completely represents the component of OE mthe direction OA, and the line On represents the componentof OE in the direction OB.…
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