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... curvature . To illustrate this , let us suppose a slip of India - rubber to be stretched horizontally between two supports . If to the middle of this we attach a small weight , the slip will sag downwards , and the point to which the ...
... curvature . To illustrate this , let us suppose a slip of India - rubber to be stretched horizontally between two supports . If to the middle of this we attach a small weight , the slip will sag downwards , and the point to which the ...
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... curvatures , the direction of which is to- wards the centre . Third . The force developed by the external and internal vertical curvatures , one of which acts towards the centre , and the other from the centre . The roundness of the ...
... curvatures , the direction of which is to- wards the centre . Third . The force developed by the external and internal vertical curvatures , one of which acts towards the centre , and the other from the centre . The roundness of the ...
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... curvature at the equator is too small , and this is the more evident in proportion as the flattening is more consider- able . Now , is this difference between the figure thus produced and that which would correspond to the case of ...
... curvature at the equator is too small , and this is the more evident in proportion as the flattening is more consider- able . Now , is this difference between the figure thus produced and that which would correspond to the case of ...
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... curvature , it may be demonstrated that , rep- resenting the pressure corresponding to a plane surface by P , the radius of the sphere to which the surface belongs by r , and by A a constant , the pressure exerted by a line of molecules ...
... curvature , it may be demonstrated that , rep- resenting the pressure corresponding to a plane surface by P , the radius of the sphere to which the surface belongs by r , and by A a constant , the pressure exerted by a line of molecules ...
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... curvature of any two rectangular sections passing through the same normal . 6. These geometric properties lead to another signification of the equation ( 4. ) We know that unity divided by the radius of curvature corresponding to any ...
... curvature of any two rectangular sections passing through the same normal . 6. These geometric properties lead to another signification of the equation ( 4. ) We know that unity divided by the radius of curvature corresponding to any ...
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