Text-book of theoretical naval architecture (1889)
Attwood, Edward L. (Edward Lewis), 1871- · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 57
be perfectly balanced and have no tendency to moveaway from any position in which it might be placed. To Find the Position of the Centre of Gravityof a number of Weights lying in a Plane.—Two linesare drawn in the plane at right angles, and the moment of thesystem of weights is found successively… … Fig. 29. The following example will illustrate the principles in-volved : Four weights, of 15, 3, 10, and 5 lbs. respectively,are lying on a table in definite positions as shown in Fig. 29.Find the position of the centre of gravity of these weights.(If the legs of the table were removed, this would…
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