| Olinthus Gregory - Mechanical engineering - 1806 - 590 pages
...of the defcent : the beginning of the deicent is cftimated from o on the fculc, when the bottom of the box A is on a level with o. The defcent of A is...terminated when the bottom of the box ftrikes the ft.ige, which may be fixed at different diftances from the point O ; fo that by altering the pofition... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 762 pages
...of the dclcent : the beginning of the defcent is cJlimated from o on the fcale, when the bottom of the box A is on a level with o. The defcent of A is...defcribed from quiefcence may be of any given magnitude K 1 • than 64 inches. 4. The TIME of MOTION is obferved by the beats of a pendulum, whi^h vibrates... | |
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