A text book of elementary mechanics, for the use of colleges and schools (1881)
Dana, Edward Salisbury, 1849-1935 · New York, J. Wiley & sons · leaf 171
their lines of action are parallel. They are likeparallel forces if they act in the same direction, andunlike when acting in opposite directions. 144. (1) Like Paeallel Foeces. The resultant oftwo like parallel forces acting on a rigid body is equal totheir sum, acts in the same direction with them… … *X Fig. 77. and let them be represented by AH and BM respectively.Also, at A and B let two equal and opposite forces,s and s, be applied; they will not change the con- 144«] PAEALLEL FORCES. 153 ditions, since they, taken alone, balance one another.Find the resultant AG of P and s, also the…
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