The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 249
rontwheels be placed on the weighing macliiiie, and tlie bind part ofthe engine raised until the insistent weight indicated is equal toHi tons, it is evident that the point C will be in a vertical linepassing through the points C and/ By suspending two plumb- lines in a plane at right angles to the… … Could the above method be practically applied, it would be themost simple way of arriving at a knowledge of the point ; but asit would be dangerous both to the engine and machine thus to dis-pose a weight of (in some instances) thirty tons, it has only beenmentioned that the following plan may be…
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