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George Atwood

English mathematician (1745–1807)

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  • Mechanics: Atwood's machine with pulleys and calibrated dials. Engraving.
  • Mechanics: Atwood's machine with pulleys and calibrated dials, for measuring force; and diagrams of weights and paths of descent. Engraving, after 1861.
  • Mechanics: Atwood's machine with pulleys and calibrated dials, for measuring force. Engraving, after 1861.

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    A general theory for the mensuration of the angle subtended by two objects, of which one is observed by rays after two reflections from plane surfaces, and the other by rays coming directly to the spectator's eye / [G. Atwood].

    George Atwood | Date: [1781]
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    A treatise on the rectilinear motion and rotation of bodies; with a description of original experiments. Relative to the subject / By G. Atwood.

    George Atwood | Date: 1784

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Mechanics

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