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 831
e second in which it is applied ina horizontal direction, or parallel to the base. Let m, Fig. 400<>,be the centre of gravity of a freely-moving body resting on a planewhose length is a b, and whose height is be. Let the perpendicu-lar m e fall from the centre of gravity upon the plane; also… … STATICS. 797
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