1836.] 



Prop on an inclined Plane. 



122 



1835, was hailed by these poor people with unaffected joy. 

 Indeed had the Nizam even offered them his protection, 

 there is but little doubt that they would have gladly pre- 

 ferred it to the oppression of these needy soldiers and avari- 

 cious Gossayns. Some villages have been assigned over, as 

 a subsistence, to the numerous illegitimate offspring of the 

 late chief, Ghulam Ali Khan ; and to others of the family, 

 particularly to Rownuk Ali Khan, cousin to the present 

 chief, and now in the Nizam's service as a sirdar of horse. 



Hussain Ali Khan is said to be a man of great good na- 

 ture, which is not unfrequently allied to extreme inaptitude 

 for business, thoughtlessness and extravagance ; all of which 

 have been fully manifested by his conduct. His wife the 

 Begum is looked upon as a superior woman, possessing much 

 influence, when she chooses to exert it, over her husband, 

 Hussain Ali Khan has no male issue : he succeeded his 

 father Ghulam Ali Khan about 18 years ago. 



Futteh Ali Khan his younger brother, is looked upon as 

 the next heir. This nobleman has two sons ; one a lad 

 about 10 years old, said to have been adopted by his uncle. 



Banaganpilly has always maintained a close connexion 

 ■with the Court of Hyderabad, and also, from its proximity, 

 with that of Kurnul. 



VII. — Prop on an inclined Plane. 



To the Editor of the Madras Journal 



of Science and Literature. 



Sir, 



Having accidentally met with your Journal for October 

 1835, and fancying myself a bit of a Mathematician, my eye 

 was eagerly caught by the lines and letters, page 336 and 337, 

 and I looked for a feast. 



I must say, Mr. Editor, I was disappointed to find, in the 

 second figure, so many lines and letters quite unnoticed in the 

 solution of the problem, and still more to find the line A C 

 not in the figure at all. It makes sad confusion, and as it is 

 to prove that the vertical pressure of a body is not best sup- 

 ported by a vertical prop, contrary to my notion of the mat- 

 ter, I should have been very glad to see the solution some- 



