 ... actual structure or machine fails to attain that limit, and to discover the cause and the remedy of such shortcoming — to determine to what extent, in laying down principles for practical use, it is advantageous, for the sake of simplicity, to deviate...  Transactions - Page 483by American Society of Mechanical Engineers - 1889Full view - About this book
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1855 - 640 pages
...advantageous, for the sake of simplicity, to deviate from the exactness required by pure science ; and to judge how far an existing practical rule is founded on reason, how far on mere custom, and how far on error. Of those advantages, the more eminent of the designers and constructors... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1855 - 650 pages
...advantageous, tor the sake of simplicity, to deviate from the exactness required by pure science ; and to judge how far an existing practical rule is founded on reason, how far on mere custom, and how far on error. Of those advantages, the more eminent of the designers and constructors... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1856 - 550 pages
...advantageous, for the sake of simplicity, to deviate from the exactness required by pure science ; and to judge how far an existing practical rule is founded on reason, how far on mere custom, and how far on error. Of those advantages, the more eminent of the designers and constructors... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1886 - 574 pages
...sake of simplicity to deviate from the exacts ness required by pure science ; and to judge how tar an existing practical rule is founded on reason, how far on custom, and how far on error." There is thus an ample text for many discourses ; but, as I am not writing a treatise on engineering,... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - American periodicals - 1892 - 614 pages
...a structure, or the efficiency of a machine of a particular kind ; and to judge how far an existent practical rule is founded on reason, how far on custom and how far on error." Since that definition was given, great additions have been made to the knowledge requisite for its... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1892 - 606 pages
...a structure, or the efficiency of a machine of a particular kind ; and to judge how far an existent practical rule is founded on reason, how far on custom and how far on error." Since that definition was given, great additions have been made to the knowledge requisite for its... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1892 - 604 pages
...a structure, or the efficiency of a machine of a particular kind ; and to judge how far an existent practical rule is founded on reason, how far on custom and how far on error." Since that definition was given, great additions have been made to the knowledge requisite for its... | |
 | Francis Rolt-Wheeler - Science - 1909 - 376 pages
...is advantageous for the sake of simplicity to deviate from the exactness required by pure science; and to judge how far an existing practical rule is...reason, how far on custom, and how far on error/' A signal illustration of the truth of these words is offered in the famous instance of falling bodies.... | |
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...is advantageous, for the sake of simplicity, to deviate from the exactness required by pure science; and to judge how far an existing practical rule is founded on reason, how far on mere custom, and how far on error.25 Apart from the obvious advantages for 'designers and constructors... | |
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