Mathematics, mechanics, heatAmerican School of Correspondence, 1903 - Engineering |
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... substances , when brought within their influence . Soft iron in any form is most susceptible to this power ; and the earth being a great magnet induces , as it is called , magnetism in any iron body lying in the direction of its line of ...
... substances , when brought within their influence . Soft iron in any form is most susceptible to this power ; and the earth being a great magnet induces , as it is called , magnetism in any iron body lying in the direction of its line of ...
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... substance weighs when compared with one of another . But if a molecule should be divided and the identity of the substance be lost , we should have , as a result of our division , particles still more minute called atoms , which may be ...
... substance weighs when compared with one of another . But if a molecule should be divided and the identity of the substance be lost , we should have , as a result of our division , particles still more minute called atoms , which may be ...
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... substances are of two kinds , physical and chemical . A physical change does not affect the identity of the molecules , for example , water is always the same substance whether it is in the form of a solid , a liquid , or a gas . A ...
... substances are of two kinds , physical and chemical . A physical change does not affect the identity of the molecules , for example , water is always the same substance whether it is in the form of a solid , a liquid , or a gas . A ...
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... substances , as water into hydrogen and oxygen , but the number of atoms in the hydro- gen and oxygen is the same as in the water , and there is not a single atom more or less than existed previously . Inertia is the tendency which all ...
... substances , as water into hydrogen and oxygen , but the number of atoms in the hydro- gen and oxygen is the same as in the water , and there is not a single atom more or less than existed previously . Inertia is the tendency which all ...
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... substance . Fluids have no hardness . Tenacity is the property which enables some bodies to resist a force tending to pull their particles asunder . For instance , it requires a considerable amount of force to break a wire , because the ...
... substance . Fluids have no hardness . Tenacity is the property which enables some bodies to resist a force tending to pull their particles asunder . For instance , it requires a considerable amount of force to break a wire , because the ...
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acting altitude amount beam body called center of gravity chart circle coefficient compass Corollary course cubic dead reckoning decimal degrees diameter direction distance divided earth elastic elastic limit energy equal equation EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE factor of safety feet per second foot foot-pounds force formula friction gear given greater Greenwich mean heat Hence hour angle hypothenuse kinetic latitude length liquid load logarithm longitude magnetism mantissa mercury meridian miles minute molecules motion move multiplied Nautical orifice parallel parallelogram pendulum perpendicular plane polygon position poundal pounds per square pressure proportional pulley quadrant radius resultant revolutions revolutions per minute right angles right triangles sextant shaft ship ship's side specific gravity square inch straight line stress substance surface temperature Theorem tion triangles A B C unit velocity vertical vessel weight wheel wrought iron
Popular passages
Page 70 - PROBLEM. To inscribe a circle in a given triangle. Let ABC be the given triangle : it is required to inscribe a circle in the triangle ABC.
Page 39 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 32 - If the diagonals of a quadrilateral bisect each other, the figure is a parallelogram.
Page 6 - Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.
Page 7 - If, at a point in a straight line, two other straight lines, upon the opposite sides of it, make the adjacent angles together equal to two right angles, these two straight lines shall be in one and the same straight line.
Page 54 - If two polygons are composed of the same number of triangles, similar each to each and similarly placed, the polygons are similar.
Page 21 - If two triangles have two sides, and the included angle of the one equal to two sides and the included angle of the other, each to each, the two triangles are equal in all respects.
Page 31 - If two sides of a quadrilateral are equal and parallel, the figure is a parallelogram.
Page 60 - The area of a triangle is equal to one-half the product of its base and altitude.
Page 46 - An angle formed by a tangent and a chord is measured by onehalf the intercepted arc.