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Excerpt from On the Resistance of a Heavy Flexible Cable for Towing a Surface Float Behind a Ship Application to determination of cable resistance. Approximations. In the particular problem with which we shall concern ourselves, the ends of the given cable are points having the same value for the ordinates. It is required to find the tensions at these ends as functions of the angle d'at the rear end of the cable or, what is the same thing; as functions of Z1. But by (13) 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.