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Motion in a Horizontal Circle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

J. G. Freeman
J. G. Freeman*
Affiliation:
Bradford Technical College
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Extract

The following error appears in a number of text-books, and tender minds are thereby led astray.

A body (such as a bicycle or railway carriage is travelling in a horizontal circle with uniform speed; G is the centre of gravity of the body, O is the centre of the circle by G, GX is a horizontal line perpendicular to OG and GY is a vertical line.)

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 41 , Issue 336 , May 1957 , pp. 105
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1957

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References

(1) Geary, Lowry and Hayden: Advanced Mathematics for Students of Technology, Part I, 1945, p. 378.Google Scholar
(2) Humphrey and Topping: A Shorter Intermediate Mechanics, 1949, pp. 199, 200.Google Scholar
(3) Fawdry: Dynamics, 1943, p. 164.Google Scholar
(4) Ibid., p. 165.Google Scholar