Bartlett, W. H. C. (William Holms Chambers), 1804-1893 · New York : Barnes · leaf 267
eutral point A is the same in thislatter case, whether the body be retained by an axis or aforce, it follows that every free body, when struck, in gen-eral, begins to move for the instant, but only an instant,about a single point. This point is called the centre ofspontaneous rotation. If the blow… … The shock maybe positive,nothing, ornegative; centre ofspontaneousrotation; distance of centreof spontaneousrotation fromaxis; I MD (89); and since the centre of oscillation and axis of suspensionare reciprocal, / will denote the moment of inertia taken MECHANICS OF SOLIDS. 263 with reference to an…
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