Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering : illustrated with four thousand engravings on wood ; in two volumes (1873)
D. Appleton and Company · New York : D. Appleton and Co. · leaf 948
In order to facilitate the adjustment of the centre of oscillation of the pendulum, by throwing theweight as far as possible from the axis of motion, the block was made thicker on the lower side than onthe upper, by placing the core of the hollow part above the centre of figure, thereby bringing…
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