 | Charles Philippe de Kerhallet - Pacific Ocean - 1861 - 256 pages
...possible on the starboard tack. " If, on the contrary, the wind turns on the compass to the left, or in a direction opposite to the motion of the hands of a watch, she is in the manageable circle of the storm, and, if the sea is not too heavy, she should run... | |
 | Henry Turner Eddy - Curves, Plane - 1874 - 212 pages
...angle, or в co-ordinate, or simply the в y ^ of P. It is usual to measure this angle from XO around in a direction opposite to the motion of the hands of a watch for positive rotation, and with the hands for negative rotation. 44. Pole. — The point 0 in... | |
 | Adolf Ferdinand Weinhold, George Carey Foster - Physics - 1875 - 890 pages
...must therefore be wrapped on from right to left, and if the small handle be used it must be turned in a direction opposite to the motion of the hands of a watch. The last turn of the cord should be close to the disc oc metal, so that it may be pressed between... | |
 | Electricity - 1877 - 634 pages
...remedied without delay. § 10. ADJUSTMENT OF THE PAPER. — To release the paper, turn the handle / in a direction opposite to the motion of the hands of a watch. Thus the roller e is allowed to fall about an eighth of an inch, and the paper is quite free,... | |
 | Institution of Electrical Engineers - Electrical engineering - 1877 - 614 pages
...be remedied without delay. § 10. ADJUSTMENT OF THE PAPER. — To release the paper, turn the handle /in a direction opposite to the motion of the hands of a watch. Thus the roller e is allowed to fall about an eighth of an inch, and the paper is quite free,... | |
 | James Clerk Maxwell - Electricity - 1881 - 544 pages
...two currents circulating in the two meshes, the currents being reckoned positive when they circulate in a direction opposite to the motion of the hands of a watch. It is easy to establish in this case the following proposition : — Let x be the current, E... | |
 | Conwy Lloyd Morgan - Water - 1882 - 238 pages
...southern hemisphere it will be on your right. 417. In the northern hemisphere the circling of the air is in a direction opposite to the motion of the hands of a watch. In the southern hemisphere the direction is the same as that of the hands of a watch. 418. To... | |
 | Isaac Sharpless, George Morris Philips - Astronomy - 1882 - 318 pages
...in the United States north of Florida) they would seem to move from the right over to the left, or in a direction opposite to the motion of the hands of a clock.1 Although the planets always move around the sun in the same direction, our position upon the... | |
 | Benjamin Williamson, Francis Alexander Tarleton - Dynamics - 1885 - 486 pages
...5-1 cos i + 2 sin » and, at any time after pure rolling is established, If <» be negative, that is, in a direction opposite to the motion of the hands of a watch, the equations of motion are cfix If — = Mg sin i — pMg cos i, < until ~ = 0. This takes... | |
 | Ralph Abercromby - Meteorology - 1887 - 522 pages
...the wind. A glance at the arrows will show that, broadly speaking, the wind rotates round the centre in a direction opposite to the motion of the hands of a watch. That is to say, that in the extreme front, following the outer isobar, the wind is from the... | |
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To release the paper, turn the handle /in a direction opposite to the motion of the hands of a watch. 
