Mechanical Geometry: An Application to Geometry of Some Propositions in Statics

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R. Hardwicke, 1869 - 188 páginas
 

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Página 162 - B', A') ; then all the intersections of each pair of lines (as BB', AA') drawn from B and A to the points of section (B', A'), lie in a line that passes through C.
Página 92 - CB and CD. Prove that the resultant force is represented in magnitude and direction by four times the line joining the middle points of the diagonals of the quadrilateral.
Página 24 - Prove that the centre of gravity of a system of uniform bars forming a triangle is the centre of the circle inscribed in the triangle formed by the middle points of the bars.
Página 80 - If from a point without a parallelogram lines be drawn to the extremities of two adjacent sides, and of the diagonal which they include ; of the triangles thus formed, that, whose base is the diagonal, is equal to the sum of the other two.
Página 69 - To find a point in the base BC of a triangle ABC, such that if perpendiculars be drawn from it upon the sides, their sum shall be equal to a given line cr.
Página 173 - To find the conditions that the general equation of the second degree may represent a sphere.
Página 104 - Prove that the square on any straight line drawn from the vertex of an isosceles triangle to the base, is less than the square on a side of the triangle by the rectangle contained by the segments of the base : and conversely.
Página 50 - To find the centre of gravity of an arc of a circle. Let ACB be the arc, O its centre.
Página 132 - If from the middle point of one of the sides of a right-angled triangle, a perpendicular be drawn to the hypotenuse, the difference of the squares on the segments into which it is divided, is equal to the square on the other side.
Página 97 - ... the difference of the squares on these lines is equal to the difference of the squares on the two sides of the triangle.

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