...moment of a force with respect to an axis perpendicular to the force is the product of the magnitude of the force by the perpendicular distance from the axis to the line of action of the force. If the moment is taken with respect to a point, that point is called the origin of moments....

...Object. To verify the law of moments—viz!, that the proper definition of a moment around an axis is the product of the force by the perpendicular distance from the axis to the line of action of the force. (See "Physics," Art. 43.) General Theory. The simplest method of verifying this law is to secure...

...Object. To verify the law of moments — viz., that the proper definition of a moment around an axis is the product of the force by the perpendicular distance from the axis to the line of action of the force. (See "Physics," Art. 43.) General Theory. The simplest method of verifying this law is to secure...

...when the axis is taken at some other point, as H2. (Remember that the distance or arm of a force is the perpendicular distance from the axis to the line of action of the force.) State law of moments of forces in equilibrium. With the above work and its meaning firmly fixed...

...produce rotation about some point or line as axis, and its value is obtained by multiplying the magnitude of the force by the perpendicular distance from the axis to the line of action of the force. Moments are positive (+) when clockwise, and negative (—) when counter clockwise. Distances...

...tendency of the force to produce rotation about an axis, and is measured by the product of the force into the perpendicular distance from the axis to the line of action of the force. 22. There are two necessary conditions of equilibrium for any rigid body: 1. The algebraic sum...

...Chaucer and Milton, it was a recent discovery, made by Benedetti, that the proper measure of torque is the product of the , force by the perpendicular distance from the axis to the force ; the bent lever was then clearly explained. Cannon were brought into the field by the English...

...effectiveness in producing rotation and its value is the product of the magnitude of the force and the perpendicular distance from the axis to the line of action of the force. A moment is considered positive ( + ) when the tendency is to produce clockwise rotation ( \...

...of any force, R, in a plane with respect to any axis, A, perpendicular to this plane, is denned as the product of the force by the perpendicular distance from the axis to the force. The word " moment" is here employed in precisely the same sense as that used by Shakespeare...

...supposed to turn; (2) draw an indefinite line representing the line of action of the force; (3) multiply the force by the perpendicular distance from the axis to the line. This perpendicular distance, as ft, ?, or f in Fig. 13, is called the lever arm of the moment, and...