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" The moment of a force about any point is the product of the magnitude of the force and the perpendicular distance from the point to the line of action of the force. "
The Architects' and Builders' Handbook: Data for Architects, Structural ... - Page 296
by Frank Eugene Kidder - 1921 - 1907 pages
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Course in Elementary Physics

Charles Robert Cross - Mechanics - 1873 - 104 pages
...tendency of a force to rotate a body about a fixed point is measured by the product of its intensity into the perpendicular distance from the point to the line of action of the force. This product is called the moment of the force. Thus the moment of the force F, Fig. 40, relatively...
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The Architect's and Builder's Pocket-book

Frank Eugene Kidder - Architecture - 1886 - 640 pages
...taken. The moment of a force about any given point may be defined as the product of the force into the perpendicular distance from the point to the line...words, the moment of a force is the product of the force by the arm with ucliicli it act*. Thus if we have a force F (Fig. 6), and wish to determine its...
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The Architect's and Builder's Pocket-book of Mensuration, Geometry ...

Frank Eugene Kidder - Architecture - 1892 - 1032 pages
...taken. The moment of a force about any given point may be defined as the product of the force into the perpendicular distance from the point to the line...words, the moment of a force is the product of the force by the arm with which it acts. Thus if we have a force F (Fig. 6), and wish to determine its...
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A Manual of Machine Drawing and Design

David Allan Low, Alfred William Bevis - Machine design - 1893 - 398 pages
...ABCDA becomes a straight line. 39. Moment of a Force. — The moment of a force with respect to an axis is the product of the magnitude of the force and the perpendicular distance of its line of action from the axis. If the force is measured in pounds and the distance in feet, the...
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Engineering Construction in Iron, Steel and Timber

William Henry Warren - Bridges - 1894 - 456 pages
...equal tendency in the opposite. The moment of a force about a given point may be defined as the product of the force and the perpendicular distance from the point to the line of action of the force. The second principle may then be stated thus : If any number of forces in the same plane act...
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Arithmetic, algebra, logarithms, geometry and trigonometry, elementary ...

International Correspondence Schools - Civil engineering - 1899 - 722 pages
...rotation. _1 1 1 23. The moment of a force about a point is the product of the magnitude of the force by the perpendicular distance from the point to the line of action of the force. (See Art. 9O6.) £ — > — . — ,Thus, in Fig. 225, the moment of the force F about the point...
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A Manual of Elementary Practical Physics for High Schools

Julius Hortvet - Physics - 1899 - 280 pages
...force in producing rotation about a given point is measured by the magnitude of the force multiplied by the perpendicular distance from the point to the line of action of the force. This product of a force into the distance of its line of action from a point is called the moment...
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Theoretical Mechanics: An Elementary Treatise

William Woolsey Johnson - Mechanics - 1901 - 484 pages
...measure is taken to be the same as that of the couple; that is, the moment of a force about a given point is the product of the magnitude of the force and the perpendicular from the point upon the line of action. Accordingly in Fig. 30 the forces P and Q are said to have...
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Strength of Materials ; Applied Mechanics ; Machine Design

Machine design - 1902 - 524 pages
...subject of moments, which is treated of in Elementary Mechanics. The moment of a force about any point is the product of the magnitude of the force and the...distance from the point to the line of action of the force. The tendency of a force to rotate a body about a point is measured by the moment of the force...
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International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for ..., Volume 6

Agriculture - 1902 - 552 pages
...is treated of in Elementary Mechanics. The moment of a force about any point is the product of t he magnitude of the force and the perpendicular distance from the point to the line of action of t he force. The tendency of a force to rotate a body about a point is measured by the moment of the...
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