Calendar: 1854-1855 Page 364
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3G6 APPLIED SCIENCES -£Hcri 1mc£i Prove the parallelogram offerees Determine the result- ant of the parallel forces in the annexed figure in which Β BC CD Find the centre of gravity of triangular plate Show how to find the tension on the tie beam in the simplest form of roof BCD represents four equal beams jointed together and suspended by string at resting on the ground FF Show how to find the pressure on the ground at by geometrical construction Enunciate the principle of the Lever in the most general terms Also show how to determine the true weight of body by weighing it first in one scale pan and then in the other of balance whose amis are of unequal length Prove that there is no direction in which pressure of 28 pounds can act so as to sustain weight of 60 pounds upon smooth inclined plane whose inclination to the horizon is 30 Enunciate the three Laws of Motion Whence do we derive the most satisfactory evidence of their truth What is meant by "The Rate of Acceleration '" What is it
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