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Page 52
... Quantity , and putting in that Case , an Expression for the Resistance in a Form similar to the other , I subtracted the last from the first by y algebraical sign , and made the whole a Maximum : from whence I hoped by Fluxions to find ...
... Quantity , and putting in that Case , an Expression for the Resistance in a Form similar to the other , I subtracted the last from the first by y algebraical sign , and made the whole a Maximum : from whence I hoped by Fluxions to find ...
Page 56
... quantity x , being ✰ , I require the fluxion of a quantity that is always as its square A x B C xx D that is , as xx in any cotemporary position . " Solution : " A , flowing uniformly towards B and C describing with an accelerated ...
... quantity x , being ✰ , I require the fluxion of a quantity that is always as its square A x B C xx D that is , as xx in any cotemporary position . " Solution : " A , flowing uniformly towards B and C describing with an accelerated ...
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... Quantity ( term'd Fluent or flowing Quantity ) with an equable , accelerated or a retarded Velocity , and is Itself the Quantity which might uniformly be generated in a constant Portion of Time , with the Amount or Remainder of that ...
... Quantity ( term'd Fluent or flowing Quantity ) with an equable , accelerated or a retarded Velocity , and is Itself the Quantity which might uniformly be generated in a constant Portion of Time , with the Amount or Remainder of that ...
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