The apprentice, or First book for mechanics, machinists, and engineers (1860)
Byrne, Oliver · New York, P. J. Cozans · leaf 46
f gravity acting upon the various parti-cles composing the body ;—this point is called the centreof gravity of the body. From this deflfinition it immedi-ately follows ; that if the centre of gravity be supported, thebody will stand, and vice versa. That the centre of gravityof all symetrical, or…
Mechanics, Applied
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