Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1861)
Appleton, firm, publishers, New York. (1852, D. Appleton & Co.) · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 293
Fig. 843. Fig. 844 Fig. 845. … in the line P M, and can only be, therefore, at the intersection C of the two lines. Or, balance the bodyupon the edge of a bench till it be just on the point of falling off; then mark a line along it by the edgeof the bench; do the same in another position of the body, and the centre of gravity in…
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