The boy's own book of indoor games and recreations : a popular encyclopædia for boys (1890)
Stables, Gordon, 1840-1910, Hutchison, George Andrew, 1841-1913 · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 531
ntre of gravity is supported, and that is all that is required. Our Jack was carrying a bucket of water the other day, and the handle cameoff. The bucket dropped down on one side, and he fell over on the other. Whatmade him fall, sir, when the bucket fell ? * Jack was carrying the bucket in his… … KEEPING THE BALANCE. 527 same time to the opposite side. As long as the heavy bucket formed part of him(as I may say), the centre of gravity was nearer the ground ; but when it fell, Jackscentre was raised, and he overbalanced. The lower the centre of gravity is in anybody, the more firmly that…
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