A Collection of Problems in Illustration of the Principles of Elementary Mechanics |
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angle of projection attached body is projected centre of gravity chord coefficient of friction collision component cos² cycloid cylinder denote described direction of projection directrix distance equation feet find the inclination find the position fixed point forces act fulcrum given circle given point hence highest point horizontal plane inclined plane intersection join lamina latus rectum length line of quickest lowest point magnitude and direction middle point motion parabola parallel particle point of projection position of equilibrium pound weight pounds prove quickest descent radii radius ratio required weight respectively rest resultant right angles rough SECT shew sides sin² sliding sphere straight line string passing supported supposing suspended system of pullies tangent three forces uniform rod velocity acquired velocity of projection vertex vertical circle vertical plane wheel
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Page 149 - OUT of childhood into manhood Now had grown my Hiawatha, Skilled in all the craft of hunters, Learned in all the lore of old men, In all youthful sports and pastimes, In all manly arts and labors. Swift of foot was Hiawatha ; He could shoot an arrow from him, And run forward with such fleetness, That the arrow fell behind him...
Page v - The elementary parts of Statics, treated without the Differential Calculus ; namely, the Composition and Resolution of Forces acting in one plane on a point, the Mechanical Powers, and the properties of the Centre of Gravity.
Page 174 - A body falls from rest from a height so great that the fact that the force of gravity varies inversely as the square of the distance from the center of the earth cannot be neglected.
Page 144 - A, with a given velocity ; find the direction in which another body must be projected with a given velocity from a point B in the same horizontal line with A, so as to strike the first body.
Page 226 - Straight lines drawn at right angles to the tangents of a parabola at the points where they meet a given straight line perpendicular to the axis, are in general tangents of a confocal parabola. 7. A ball thrown from any point in one of the walls of a rectangular room after striking the three others returns to the point of projection before it falls to the ground. Shew that the space due to the velocity of projection is greater than the diagonal of the floor.
Page 260 - A stone is thrown in such a manner that it would just hit a bird at the top of a tree, and afterwards reach a height double that of the tree : if at the moment of throwing the stone, the bird flies away horizontally...
Page 189 - A ball is projected from the middle point of one side of a billiard table so as to strike in succession one of the sides adjacent to it, the side opposite to it, and a ball placed in the centre of the table...
Page 95 - Two equal circular disks with smooth edges, placed on their flat sides in the corner between two smooth vertical planes inclined at a given angle, touch each other in the line bisecting the angle. Find the radius of the least disk which may be pressed between them without causing them to separate. LXXIV. If two scales, one containing a weight P and the other a weight Q, be suspended by a string over a rough sphere, Q2...
Page 98 - Three rods, jointed together at their extremities, are laid on a smooth horizontal table ; and forces are applied at the middle points of the sides of the triangle formed by the rods, and respectively perpendicular to them.
Page 150 - SWIFT of foot was Hiawatha ; He could shoot an arrow from him, And run forward with such fleetness, That the arrow fell behind him ! Strong of arm was Hiawatha ; He could shoot ten arrows upward, Shoot them with such strength and swiftness, That the tenth had left the bow-string Ere the first to earth had fallen.