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II. IN passing it may be noticed that the plus sign thus deduced for a tensive force is otherwise convenient because tension results in a positive increase of the dimensions in the direction of the tension of the body through which the tension is transmitted.

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SMITH, R. Force and Energy1. Nature 19, 217–219 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/019217e0

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