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... distance apart if the temperature be not altered . Gases , such as hydrogen , oxygen , carbonic acid , are also called aëriform fluids , from their analogy with our air , which is a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen . They are very light ...
... distance apart if the temperature be not altered . Gases , such as hydrogen , oxygen , carbonic acid , are also called aëriform fluids , from their analogy with our air , which is a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen . They are very light ...
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... distance or in time ; by modifying the action of the power , however , they render it capable of performing work ... distances from the fulcrum to the power and to the resistance are called the arms of the lever . In fig . 19 , for ...
... distance or in time ; by modifying the action of the power , however , they render it capable of performing work ... distances from the fulcrum to the power and to the resistance are called the arms of the lever . In fig . 19 , for ...
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... distance of the resistance P from the fulcrum AC ( fig . 21 ) is always greater than the distance BC from the power B to the fulcrum . Ina lever of the second kind the power is always smaller than the resistance , for the arm BC is ...
... distance of the resistance P from the fulcrum AC ( fig . 21 ) is always greater than the distance BC from the power B to the fulcrum . Ina lever of the second kind the power is always smaller than the resistance , for the arm BC is ...
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... distances , in virtue of which they are continually ding towards each other . 2. For the same distance the attractions between bodies are pro- rtional to their masses . 3. The masses being equal , the attraction varies with the distance ...
... distances , in virtue of which they are continually ding towards each other . 2. For the same distance the attractions between bodies are pro- rtional to their masses . 3. The masses being equal , the attraction varies with the distance ...
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... distance ; that is , a body which contains twice or thrice as much matter as another , is attracted by the earth with a twofold or threefold force ; or , in other words , weighs twice or thrice as much . In like manner if one and the ...
... distance ; that is , a body which contains twice or thrice as much matter as another , is attracted by the earth with a twofold or threefold force ; or , in other words , weighs twice or thrice as much . In like manner if one and the ...
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Página 59 - Pressure exerted anywhere upon a mass of liquid is transmitted undiminished in all directions, and acts with the same force on all equal surfaces and in a direction at right angles to those surfaces. To get a clearer idea of the truth of this principle, let us conceive a
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