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IN NATURE of May 18 the wording of a problem set near the beginning of my “Rigid Dynamics” is rather adversely commented on. In the problem a man is described as walking along a perfectly rough board which rests on a smooth table, and the criticism is that the two suppositions are inconsistent; but this depends on what is meant by the words used, and perhaps I may be allowed to make an explanation.
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ROUTH, E. Fictitious Problems in Mathematics. Nature 72, 78 (1905). https://doi.org/10.1038/072078b0
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