Free body diagrams close free body diagramA simplified drawing of an object or system showing the forces acting on it. The forces are shown acting away from the centre of a box or dot. are used to ...

In the diagram of a toy trailer below, when a child pulls on the handle, some of the 5 newton (N) force pulls the trailer upwards away from the ground and some of the force pulls it to the right.

IN a paragraph on the last number of Terrestrial Magnetism, in NATURE of March 1, p. 421, I notice the following sentence: “Dr. Lüdeling investigates graphically the phenomenon of the diurnal ...