Where, as in the case of the crank and pitman, a rectilinear motion and circular motion are coupled, there may be a loss in the application of the power to useful work, always consequent upon the ...

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In classical (or "Newtonian") mechanics, which describes the motion of macroscopic objects (i.e., things larger than an atom, ...

Gravity provides the force needed to maintain stable orbit of both planets around a star and also of moons and artificial satellites around a planet. For an object to remain in a steady, circular ...