General Physics for Students: A Text-book on the Fundamental Properties of Matter |
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amplitude angle angular velocity anticlastic attraction axis of rotation beam body bubble centre of gravity circular compressive constant cross-section curvature curve cylinder denotes density determine diameter direction disc displacement distance dynes elastic element equation EXPT fibre fluid fly-wheel force acting force exerted free surface gram gyrostatic heat Hence horizontal increase inertia kinetic energy knife-edges linear liquid mercury moment of inertia momentum motion moving number of molecules obtained orifice osmotic pressure parallel particle pendulum period of oscillation perpendicular plane point of support position of equilibrium potential energy poundals pressure produced radius represented resultant shear side simple harmonic motion solution sphere spherical straight line strain surface tension temperature tensile stress torque tube of flow twist uniform unit area unit mass V₁ vapour vertical vessel viscosity volume vortex filament vortex ring wave wire Young's modulus
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Page 12 - Every body continues in its state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, except in so far as it may be compelled by impressed forces to change that state.
Page 6 - ... of length L, mass M, and time T. " For instance, the area of a rectangle is found by multiplying its length by its breadth, ie by multiplying together two magnitudes each of which represents a certain number of units of length ; the area of any other figure involves the...
Page 6 - The mean solar day is divided into 24 hours, each hour into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds.
Page 24 - To every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction; or, the mutual actions of any two bodies are always equal and oppositely directed along the same straight line.
Page 4 - For scientific purposes the unit of volume is the volume of a cube each edge of which is 1 cm.
Page 92 - The sum of the forces acting on a body is equal to the product of the mass of the body and the acceleration produced by the forces.
Page 425 - ... is measured by half the product of the mass and the square of the velocity is also relative to the same system.
Page 61 - I is the moment of inertia of the body about the axis of rotation through the centre of inertia.
Page 536 - ... inversely proportional to the square roots of the densities of the gases.
Page 56 - ... plus the mass of the body multiplied by the square of the distance between the two axes.