 | Hugh Hamilton - Air - 1767 - 194 pages
...Forces and the Power, that acls on the Wedge, are in ^Equilibria, the former will be to the latter, as the Height of the Wedge to a Line drawn from the Middle of the Bafe to one Side, and parallel to the Direction in which the refilling Force afts on that Side. Let... | |
 | William Enfield - Astronomy - 1811 - 476 pages
...inclined planes, whose bases are joined. PROP. LVII. When the resisting forces, and the power which acts on the wedge, are in equilibrio, the weight will be...direction in which the resisting force acts on that side. Let the equilateral triangle ABC represent a wedge, whose base, or back, is AC, whose Plate ?.. sides... | |
 | William Enfield - Astronomy - 1832 - 242 pages
...joined. PROP. LVII. When the resisting forces, and the power which acts on the wedge, are in eqailibrio, the weight will be to the power, as the height of...direction in which the resisting force acts on that side. , Let the equilateral triangle ABC represent a wedge, whose base, or back, is AC, whose f 9 ' sides... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1839 - 352 pages
...of two inclined planes, whose bases are joined. When the resisting forces and the power which acts on the wedge, are in equilibrio, the weight will be...direction in which the resisting force acts on that side. To find the force of the wedge. RULE. — As the breadlhor thickness ofthehead of the wedge is to one... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1841 - 334 pages
...composed of two inclined planes, whose bases arejoined. When the resisting forces and the power which acts on the wedge, are in equilibrio, the weight will be...direction in which the resisting force acts on that side. To find the force of the wedge. RULE. — As the breadIhor thickness of the head of the wedge is to... | |
 | John M'Nevin - Arithmetic - 1841 - 300 pages
...composed of two inclined planes whose bases are joined. When the resisting forces and the power which acts on the wedge are in equilibrio, the weight will be...direction in which the resisting force acts on that side. To find the force of the Wedge. RULE.—As the breadth or thickness of the head of the wedge is to... | |
 | John M'Nevin - Arithmetic - 1841 - 300 pages
...composed of two inclined planes whose bases are joined. When the resisting forces and the power which acts on the wedge are in equilibrio, the weight will be...to the direction in which the resisting force acts en that side. To find the force of the Wedge. RULE. — As the breadth or thickness of the head of... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1841 - 334 pages
...bases are joined. When the resisting forces, and the power which acts on the wedge, are in equilibrium, the weight will be to the power as the height of the...direction in which the resisting force acts on that side. To find the force of the Wedge. RULE. As the breadth, or thickness, of the head of the wedge, is to... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1850 - 368 pages
...of two inclined planes, whose bases are joined. When the resisting forces and the power which acts on the wedge are in equilibrio, the weight will be...direction in which the resisting force acts on that side. To find the force of the wedge. RULI.—As half tlte breadth or thickness of the head of the wedge... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1850 - 350 pages
...bases are joined. When the resisting forces, and the power which acts on the wedge, are in equilibrium, the weight will be to the power as the height of the...direction in. which the resisting force acts on that side. Art. 304.— To find the force of the wedge. RULE. As the breadth, or thickness, of the head of the... | |
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The wedge is composed of two inclined planes, whose bases are joined. When the resisting forces and the power which acts on the wedge, are in equilibrio, the weight will be to the power, as the height of the wedge to a line drawn from the middle of the... 
