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1. On the Utmost Horizontal Distance which can be Spanned by a Chain of a given Material

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2015

Edward Sang Esq.
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Extract

The method of investigation followed in this paper for finding the limit for a uniform chain, is to suppose a multitude of catenaries all having a common vertex, and to take, in each of them, that point at which the tension is fixed. The curve passing through all of these points has for its equation—

in which s is the tension, z the vertical, and x the horizontal ordinate.

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Proceedings 1859-60
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 4 , 1862 , pp. 292 - 293
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1862

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