 | Tiberius Cavallo - Physics - 1803 - 546 pages
...an inclined plane, is to. the time of its defcending freely and perpendicularly along the altitude of the plane, as the length of the plane is to its altitude; or as the whole force of gravity is to that part of it which aEls upon the plane. The fpaces... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1807 - 464 pages
...being 2Q feet, and its height \ foot. HERE, by Mechanics, the force of gravity being to the force down the plane, as the length of the plane is to its height, therefore as 20 : 1 : : 1 (the force of gravity) : •£, ==/, the force on the plane. Therefore, by theor. 6,... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 442 pages
...20 'feet, and its height I foot. Here, by Mechanics, the force of gravity, being to the force down the plane, as the length of the plane is to its height, therefore as 20 : 1 : : 1 (the force of gravity) : T'-s ~ft the force on the plane. Therefore, by theor. 6, v... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1822 - 680 pages
...being 20 feet, and its height I foot. Here, by Mechanics, the force of gravity being to the force down the plane, as the length of the plane is to its height, therefore as 20 : 1 : : 1 (the force of gravity) : •£•% =/the force on the plane. Therefore, by theor. 6,... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 894 pages
...of an inclined plane, is to the time of its descending freely and perpendicularly along the altitude of the plane, as the length of the plane is to its altitude ; or as the whole force of gravity U to that part of it which acts upon the plane. A body... | |
 | Peter Nicholson - Mathematics - 1825 - 1046 pages
...h; therefore, f/<e fiw< which a lady employs in descending through an inclined plane, is to the time in falling freely through the height of the plane, as the length of the plane to the height. 182. Cur. If in different planes k is constant, (QC(. It ' -, or sine angle of inclination... | |
 | D. M. Knapen - Measurement - 1849 - 300 pages
...plane to its length ; and the time of a body's descending through the plane, is to the time of falling through the height of the plane, as the length of the plane is to its height ; and the velocity acquired by a body in rolling down a plane, is the same as that which it would acquire... | |
 | John Charles Buckmaster - Mechanics - 1864 - 204 pages
...plane, the time of a tody falling down the plane is to the time of falling freely down the vertical height of the plane, as the length of the plane is to its height. Let L represent the length of the plane, and H the vertical height of the plane. Now the force which... | |
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... foot. HERE, by Mechanics, the force of gravity being to the force down the plane, as the length of the plane is to its height, therefore as 20 : 1 : : 1 (the force of gravity) : •£, ==/, the force on the plane. 