 | Philip Kelland - 1873 - 248 σελίδες
...besieged city through a practicable breach. The reader will find it easy to enter after him. CHAPTER IL VECTOR ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION. 1. Definition of...in the next chapter) the English letters to denote ordinary numerical quantities. If we now start from B and advance to С in the same direction, BC being... | |
 | Arthur Sherburne Hardy - 1881 - 252 σελίδες
...QUATERNIONS. CHAPTER I. Addition and Subtraction of Vectors, or Geometric Addition and Subtraction. 1. A Vector is the representative of transference through a given distance in a given direction. Thus, if A, B are any two points, vector AB implies a translation from A to u. A vector may be represented geometrically... | |
 | Arthur Sherburne Hardy - 1891 - 266 σελίδες
...CHAPTER I. Addition and Subtraction of Vectors, or Geometric Addition and Subtraction. 1. A Vector ie the representative of transference through a given distance in a given direction. Thus, if А, в are any two points, vector AB implies a translation from A to в. A vector may be represented... | |
 | Joseph Edwards - 1922 - 1050 σελίδες
...Rowan Hamilton. The definition of a " vector " given by Kelland and Tait (Quaternions, p. 6) is, " A vector is the representative of transference through a given distance in a given direction." In the consideration of such operative symbols and vectors we retain, as is usual, the ordinary terms... | |
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A vector is the representative of transference through a given distance, in a given direction. 