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Excerpt from The American Journal of Science, Vol. 24
Add to the cylinder shown in this figure a second inverted cylinder at the bottom of the first, and suppose the two to represent only the central portion of a slab. Then the entire diagram would show the equipotential surfaces on which mica scales would form if they grew at right angles to the pressure in a mass subjected to pure strain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
