Practical PhysicsGinn, 1922 - 472 pages |
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... called the meter . It is the distance , at the freezing temperature , between two transverse parallel lines ruled on a bar of platinum - iridium ( Fig . 1 ) , which is kept at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures at Sèvres ...
... called the meter . It is the distance , at the freezing temperature , between two transverse parallel lines ruled on a bar of platinum - iridium ( Fig . 1 ) , which is kept at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures at Sèvres ...
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... called a set of weights . 2 ' 1 1 With the aid of such a set of standard masses the deter- mination of the mass of any unknown body is made by first placing the body upon the pan A ( Fig . 3 ) and counterpoising with shot , paper , etc ...
... called a set of weights . 2 ' 1 1 With the aid of such a set of standard masses the deter- mination of the mass of any unknown body is made by first placing the body upon the pan A ( Fig . 3 ) and counterpoising with shot , paper , etc ...
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... called the weight measure of a force . A push or pull which is equal to that required to sup- port a gram of mass is called a gram of force . Thus , five grams of force are needed to lift a new five - cent piece . To investigate the ...
... called the weight measure of a force . A push or pull which is equal to that required to sup- port a gram of mass is called a gram of force . Thus , five grams of force are needed to lift a new five - cent piece . To investigate the ...
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... barometer 43. The aneroid barometer . Since the mercurial barometer is some- what long and inconvenient to carry , geological and surveying parties commonly use an instrument called the aneroid barometer . It BAROMETRIC PHENOMENA 31.
... barometer 43. The aneroid barometer . Since the mercurial barometer is some- what long and inconvenient to carry , geological and surveying parties commonly use an instrument called the aneroid barometer . It BAROMETRIC PHENOMENA 31.
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... called the aneroid barometer . It consists essentially of an air - tight cylindrical box the top of which is a metallic diaphragm which bends slightly under the influence of change in the atmospheric pressure . This motion of the top of ...
... called the aneroid barometer . It consists essentially of an air - tight cylindrical box the top of which is a metallic diaphragm which bends slightly under the influence of change in the atmospheric pressure . This motion of the top of ...
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Page 458 - And show me how they calculated the initiatory speed of our car?" "Yes, my worthy friend; taking into consideration all the elements of the problem, the distance from the center of the earth to the center of the moon...
Page 67 - Any two bodies in the universe attract each other with a force which is directly proportional to the product of the masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
Page 393 - The magnifying power of an astronomical telescope is therefore the focal length of the objective divided by the focal length of the eyepiece. It...
Page 22 - Archimedes stated that a body immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the displaced fluid.
Page 84 - Every body continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, except in so far as it is compelled to change that state by a force impressed upon it.
Page 367 - Index of refraction. The ratio of the speed of light in air to its speed in any other medium is called the index of refraction of that medium.
Page 260 - The resistance of any conductor is directly proportional to its length and inversely proportional to the area of its cross section or to the square of its diameter.
Page 60 - ... is, the resultant of two parallel forces acting in the same direction is equal to the sum of the two forces.
Page 62 - For in § 79 it was shown that if any one force is to have the same effect upon a body as two forces acting simultaneously, it must be represented by the diagonal of a parallelogram the sides of which represent the two forces. Hence, conversely, if two forces are to be equivalent in their...
Page 2 - Thus, there are 12 inches in a foot, 3 feet in a yard, 5^- yards in a rod, 1760 yards in a mile, etc.