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AERODYNAMICS.
or (1)
When,
or (2)
By (1) and (2) we have—
that is,
or,

The signification of this result is that if an aerodrome be designed to travel at a velocity its “sail area” being such as will involve the least total resistance at that velocity, such an aerodrome will experience its least resistance when its velocity is reduced to—

As an example we may, as before, assign relative values we have velocity of least resistance,

If we take we shall have—

Least Horse-power.—If we require to know the velocity of least power we have by prop. iii.: or in terms of we have—

In the case of the values given above,

When
When

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