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Practical physics (1922)

Millikan, Robert Andrews, Gale, Henry Gordon · Boston : Ginn and Co. · leaf 82

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an it come down the same stream ? 2. The wind drives a steamer east with a force which would carry it12 mi. per hour, and its propeller is driving it south with a force whichwould carry it 15 mi. per hour. What distance will it actually travel inan hour ? Draw a diagram to represent the exact path.… … Fig. go. Force necessary to prevent a bar-rel from rolling down an inclined plane 3. A barge is anchored in a river during a storm. If the wind actseastward on it with a force of 3000 lb. and the tide northward with aforce of iOOO lb., what is the direction and magnitude of the equilibrant;that is,…

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