Practical plane and solid geometry for advanced students, including graphic statics, adapted to the requirements of the South Kensington syllabus (1899)
Harrison, Joseph, Baxandall, George Albert · London Macmillan · leaf 546
ort sides. 4. A straight wire 6 long is bent at points distant 1.2 and 3.2 from end, forming three straight lengths, the first and last beingparallel, and both making 6oQ with the middle segments. Findthe centre of gravity of the wire. 5. A uniform wire 6 long is bent into the form of a semicircle… … 532 GRAPHICS chap. 422. Problem. — Known forces are balanced by twoothers, the line of action of one of which, and a point inthe line of action of the other, are given. To find themagnitude and sense of the first balancing force, and themagnitude, line of action, and sense of the other. Let AB, BC,…
