Timeline for How can you push the ground backwards?
Current License: CC BY-SA 4.0
4 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2021 at 18:49 | comment | added | Nuclear Hoagie | As another example, friction is also what lets you hold a cylindrical glass upright in your hand. You're not supporting the glass from the bottom at all, the supporting force comes entirely from friction from your hand on the vertical walls of the glass. | |
| Jun 30, 2021 at 15:31 | comment | added | nasu | The friction IS the force acting along the surface. Without friction there is no tangential force of this kind. The tangential force acting on both objects in contact is what we call friction force. | |
| Jun 30, 2021 at 15:25 | comment | added | Mr. Anonymous | Well the friction itself acts only when there is a force along a surface and you say friction allows me to apply a force along the surface isn't that a type or circular reasoning. | |
| Jun 30, 2021 at 15:08 | history | answered | Professor Sushing | CC BY-SA 4.0 |