Taggart, William Scott · London : George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. · leaf 85
e otherhand, the weight has a tendency to pull the pin C along thecircular path described by BC, but the tie rod prevents thismovement, and so the weight whilst crushing BC is also tryingto pull the tie rod AC asunder; in other words, AC is in tension,and if a spring were placed on AC it would be… … rigged up to illustrate this particular polygon of forces or, as it isgenerally called, the triangle of forces. Fig. io6 gives an idea ofthe apparatus. A spring E in AC will indicate tension in thetie, and a spring F in a tube, which can be compressed by therod J, will indicate compression in the…
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