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Atwood's machine is a common classroom demonstration used to illustrate principles of classical mechanics. The ideal Atwood machine consists of two objects of mass m 1 and m 2, connected by an inextensible massless string over an ideal massless pulley. [1] Both masses experience uniform acceleration.
Arthur Kent was born on December 3, 1873, in Burlington, Vermont. [1]The Kent family moved to Worcester, Massachusetts in 1881, where they lived at four different locations.
This machine was used as a generator producing 3,000-volt, 133-hertz, single-phase AC, and an identical machine 3 miles (4.8 km) away was used as an AC motor. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Alternating current generating systems were known in simple forms from the discovery of the magnetic induction of electric current in the 1830s.
Saugus Field also known as Atwood Park was an early American airfield located in Saugus, Massachusetts. It was used by pioneer aviators Harry Atwood , [ 1 ] Ruth Bancroft Law , [ 2 ] and Lincoln J. Beachey .
Atwoods Ranch & Home is a farm and ranch supply store chain based in Enid, Oklahoma, United States.Atwoods has 75 stores in five states: Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. [1]
The Handmaid's Tale is a futuristic dystopian novel [6] by Canadian author Margaret Atwood published in 1985. [7] It is set in a near-future New England in a patriarchal, totalitarian theonomic state known as the Republic of Gilead, which has overthrown the United States government. [8]
The Robert B. Atwood Building is a 265-foot (81 m), 20 story office building located in Downtown Anchorage, Alaska, and is the second-tallest building in Alaska. [2]. The building houses government offices for the State of Alaska. Originally intended to be taller, it was limited in height by the FAA due to its proximity to Merril Field Airport.
Atwood Lake is a reservoir located in Tuscarawas and Carroll counties in east central Ohio. The lake is formed by Atwood Dam 40°31′36″N 81°17′5″W / 40.52667°N 81.28472°W / 40.52667; -81.28472 ( Atwood Dam ) [ 3 ] across Indian Fork, [ 4 ] a tributary of Conotton