Vector Addition Given Resultant

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Illustration "where ad is the given resultant, if the two components have the magnitudes represented by ac and ab, the directions ac and ab would solve the problem, or the direction ac₁ and ab₁ would equally well fulfil (sic) the conditions."

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component motions, force, forces, magnitude, parallelogram method, resultant vector, vector addition, vectors

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Peter Schwamb, S.B. And Allyne L. Merrill, S.B. Elements Of Mechanism (New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1905) 8