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On the use of Dimensional Equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

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The second law of motion may be expressed as a dimensional equation in the form

where the meanings of the quantities are obvious.

If we cut out the factor m from each side, we may write this in the usual form

The general solution is

where

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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1892