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Conversations on Natural Philosophy; In Which the Elements of That Science Are Familiarly Explained, and Adapted to the Comprehension of Young Pupils: Illustrated with Plates

Conversations on Natural Philosophy; In Which the Elements of That Science Are Familiarly Explained, and Adapted to the Comprehension of Young Pupils: Illustrated with Plates


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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CONVERSATION IV. ON COMPOUND MOTION. Compound Motion, the Result of two Opposite Forces; Of Circular Motion, the Result.of two Forces, one of which confines the Body to a Fixed Point; centre of Motion, the Point at Rest while the other Parts of the Body move round it; Centre of Magnitude, the Middle of a Body; Centripetal Force, that which confines a Body to a fixed Central Point; Centrifugal Force, that which impels a Body tofiyfrom the Centre; Fall of Bodies in a Parabola; Centre of Gravity, the Centre of Weight, or point about which the Parts balance each other, Mrs. B. I Must now explain to you the nature(of compound motion) Let us suppose a body to be struck by two equal forces in opposite directions, how will it move ? Emily. If the directions of the forces are in exact opposition to each other, I suppose the bodyiwould not move at all. Mrs. B. You are perfectly right; but if the forces, instead of acting on the body in opposition, strike it in two directions inclined to each other, at an angle of ninety degrees, if the ball A (fig. 5, plate II.) be struck by equal forces at X and at Y, will it not move 1 Emily. The force X would send it towards B, and the force Y towards C, and since these forces are equal, I do not know how the body can obey one impulse rather than the other, and yet I think the ball would move, because as the two forces do not act in direct opposition, they cannot entirely destroy the effect of each other. Mrs. B. Very true; the ball will therefore follow the direction of neither of the forces, bu((will move in a line between them; and will reach D in the same space of time that the force X would have sent it to B, and the 162. Of what does the fourth Conversion treat ? 163. What, would be the effect if two bodies were to ...


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  • ISBN-13: 9780217700832
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 96
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Weight: 186 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0217700837
  • Publisher Date: 12 Oct 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Illustrated with Plates
  • Width: 189 mm


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