An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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Page 43
... observed , cannot be mistaken . We are not aware of the utility of a very minute investigation of its style , which in this country is of no importance , the decoration of gardens with imitations of its productions being no longer ...
... observed , cannot be mistaken . We are not aware of the utility of a very minute investigation of its style , which in this country is of no importance , the decoration of gardens with imitations of its productions being no longer ...
Page 346
... observed , that the effect of the force being parallel to the in- clined plane , it neither increases nor diminishes the pressure upon that plane ; and this is the most favourable case for keeping a body in equilibrio on an inclined ...
... observed , that the effect of the force being parallel to the in- clined plane , it neither increases nor diminishes the pressure upon that plane ; and this is the most favourable case for keeping a body in equilibrio on an inclined ...
Page 350
... observed , that the power has to overcome not only the weight , but at the same time the friction undergone by the screw , which in some cases is so great as to be equal to the weight itself ; for it is sometimes sufficient to sustain ...
... observed , that the power has to overcome not only the weight , but at the same time the friction undergone by the screw , which in some cases is so great as to be equal to the weight itself ; for it is sometimes sufficient to sustain ...
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