Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 828
vertical is the resultant of all the gravitating forces of the body while suspended in any one position.In the case of bodies of uniform density and of geometrical form, the centre of gravity is readily deter-mined by geometrical principles. In a circle or sphere it coincides with the geometrical…
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