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Absolute units of force, 535
Acceleration, 407, 427, 428, 431, 436
- Angular, 493, 688
- by differentiation, 428
- by integration, 431
- by preparing a table, 436
- of a particle (S.H.M.), 522
- Uniform, 408
- Variable, 408
Addendum circle, 764
Advantages of gear drive, 763 - rope drive, 756
Amplitude, 522, 526
Analytical method for balancing, 647
- forces in perfect frames, 270
- metacentric height, 820
- reactions of a beam, 240
- resultant force 15, 43
- equilibrium of coplanar forces, 56
- velocity of a piston of a reciprocating
pump, 501
Angle of friction, 141 - projection, 464
Angular acceleration, 493, 501, 688 - displacement, 493
- momentum, 680
- velocity, 492
Anticlockwise couple, 49
- moment, 27
Application of the principle of virtual
work, 389 - for beams, 389, 394
- for framed structures, 402
- for ladders, 397
- for lifting machines, 399
- of moments, 31
Applied science, 2
Archimede's principle, 817
Arm of couple, 49
Assumptions for forces in members of a
perfect frame, 270
Axis of reference, 81
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Balancing of rotating masses, 643, 644,
645, 646
Beat, 522
Beginning and development of Engineer-
ing Mechanics, 2
Belt, Length of, 738, 740- Power transmitted by, 742
- Skip of, 736
- Speed for maximum power, 752
- Types of, 735
Brake power, 658
Braking of a vehicle, 723
Buoyancy, 818
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Cantilever trusses, 325
Catenary, 380
Centre of buoyancy, 818
Centre of gravity, 91- by geometrical considerations, 79
- by graphical method, 93
- moments, 94
- of sections with cut out holes, 91
- of plane figures, 81