The process of reasoning by which he arrives at this con-clusion is not stated; but it appears to have been given insome former articles. Let us then examine this question bythe old fundamental law of the composition and resolution offorces, and see what is the answer which it gives to us. Let us… … forces may therefore be resolved into one, and that force w1*be exactly equal to the chord of the arc inclosed by both theplanes. Thus A B represents two chords of equal lengths, and thedotted lines, e e, the direction of the force exerted upon them.Mark off a and b equal in length to A and B, and…
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