| Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 442 síđur
...back again to her former pofition, with her keel in the direction of' the ftream. When this pofition is attained, note carefully the form of the rope,...parts make with the horizon. Call this angle a. Every perfon acquainted with thefe fubjcfts knows that the horizontal ftrain is equal to half the weight... | |
| Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1807 - 758 síđur
...back again to "VT former polition, with her keel in the direction of the ftr-.-am. When thi« pofition is attained, note carefully the form of the rope,...the angle which its two parts make with the horizon. C.-iil this angle a. Evtry perfon acquainted with thefe fubjcfts knows that the horizontal (train is... | |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 824 síđur
...back again to her former pofition, with her keel in the direction of the ftream. When this pofition is attained, note carefully the form of the rope, that is, the angle which iti two parts make with the horizon. Call this angle a. Every perfon acquainted with thefe fubjeeb... | |
| 1816 - 762 síđur
...back again to tier former pofition, with her keel in the direction ef the ftream. When this pofition is attained, note carefully the form of the rope,...parts make with the horizon. Call this angle a. Every perfon acquainted with done in the French 'dock yards. The Britifh (hips have a much greater rake;... | |
| Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1816 - 746 síđur
...back again to her former pofition, with her keel in the direction of the ftream. . When this pofition is attained, note carefully the form of the rope,...parts make with the horizon. Call this angle a, Every perfon acquainted with thefe fubjects knows that the horizontal drain is equal to half the weight multiplied... | |
| 1823 - 936 síđur
...When this position is attained, note carefully the form of the rope, that is, the angle which ˇta two parts make with the horizon. Call this angle a....the weight multiplied by the cotangent of a, or that 2 is to the cotangant of a as the weight to the horizontal strain. Now it is this strain which balances... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 420 síđur
...certain angle, so as to cause the ship to sheer off from the point to which the far end of the iow-line is attached. This will stretch the rope, and raise...the weight multiplied by the cotangent of a, or that 2 is to the cotangent of a as the weight to the horizontal strain. Now it is this strain which balances,... | |
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