The apprentice, or First book for mechanics, machinists, and engineers (1860)
Byrne, Oliver · New York, P. J. Cozans · leaf 110
direction and amount of the pres-sure, tending to turn the pillar upon the edge 0 as a cen-tre ; and A Y a vertical line passing through the centreof gravity of the pillar, intersecting the line P, producedin the point A ; from a scale of equal parts, take A C equalto the units in the pressure P,… … turn the pillar. If A D produced, intersect the base withinthe edge 0, the pillar will stand ; and on the contrary, ifthe point of intersection Q,fall without the base, the pillarwill fall ; but if it intersect at the edge 0, then the pillarwill just be upon the point of overturning ; the point Q…
Mechanics, Applied
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