| James Ferguson - 1764 - 322 pages
...which are chamfered only on one fide. When the wood does not cleave at any diftance before the wedge, there will be an equilibrium between the power impelling the wedge downward, and the refinance of the wood adding againft the two fides of the wedge j if the power be to the refiftance,... | |
| James Ferguson - Astronomy - 1776 - 546 pages
...into the cleft C DE of the wood FG. When the wood does not cleave at any diftance before the wedge, there will be an equilibrium between the power impelling the wedge downward, and the refinance of the wood a£ting againft the two fides of the wedge when the power is to the refinance,... | |
| John Imison - 1796 - 476 pages
...into the cleft CED of the wood F G. When the wood does not cleave at any di-ftance before the wedge, there will be an equilibrium between the power impelling the wedge downward and the refiftance of the wood afting againft the two fides of the wedge; when the power is to the refinance... | |
| William Nicholson - Natural history - 1809 - 700 pages
...into the cleft CED of the wood F G. When the wood does not cleave at any distance before the wedge, there will be an equilibrium between the power impelling...the wedge downward and the resistance of the wood acting against the two sides of the wedge, when the power is to the resistance as half the thickness... | |
| Jeremiah Joyce - Science - 1815 - 388 pages
...is the whole thickness of the wedge at its back AB c D, where the power is applied, and DF and c F are the length of its sides ; now there will be an...the length of the two sides, or, which is the same thing, when half the thickness " N DE of the wedge at its back is to the length of DF one of its sides,... | |
| Jeremiah Joyce - Astronomy - 1815 - 680 pages
...is the whole thickness of the wedge at its back AB c D, where the power is applied, and D r and c F are the length of its sides ; now there will be an...wedge is to the length of the two sides, or, which fe the same thing, when half the thickness D £ of the wedge at its back is to the length of DF one... | |
| William Shepherd, Jeremiah Joyce, Lant Carpenter - Education - 1815 - 598 pages
...the back of the wedge, to which the power of the hammer or mallet is applied in cleaving of wood : now there will be an equilibrium between the power...substance acting against its sides, when the thickness, l)G,fig. 14, of the wedge, is to the length of the two sides, BF and DO, or as half the thickness DE... | |
| James Smith - Industrial arts - 1815 - 684 pages
...into the cleft CDE, of the wood FG. When the wood does not cleave at any distance before the wedge, there will be an equilibrium between! the power impelling the wedge downward, an*! the resistance of the wood acting against the two sides of the wedce, when the power is to the... | |
| William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 406 pages
...into the cleft CED of the wood FG. When the wood does not cleave at any distance before the wedge, there will be an equilibrium between the power impelling...the wedge downward and the resistance of the wood acting against the two sides of the wedge, when the power is to the resistance us halfthe thickness... | |
| James Ferguson - Eclipses - 1823 - 406 pages
...into the cleft CDE of the wood F G. When the wood does not cleave at any distance before the wedge, there will be an equilibrium between the power impelling...the wedge downward, and the resistance of the wood acting against the two sides of the wedge when the power is to the resistance as half the thickness... | |
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