Hence no force, however great, can stretch a cord, however fine, into a horizontal line which is accurately straight: there will always be a bending downwards.


An Elementary Treatise on Mechanics (ed. 1819)

William Whewell Quotes

Hence no force, however great, can stretch a cord, however fine, into a horizontal line which is accurately straight: there will always be a bending...

Hence no force, however great, can stretch a cord, however fine, into a horizontal line which is accurately straight: there will always be a bending...

Hence no force, however great, can stretch a cord, however fine, into a horizontal line which is accurately straight: there will always be a bending...

Hence no force, however great, can stretch a cord, however fine, into a horizontal line which is accurately straight: there will always be a bending...