Text-book of theoretical naval architecture (1889)
Attwood, Edward L. (Edward Lewis), 1871- · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 60
sition as found byeach method.) To find the Centre ofGravity of a Plane Areaby Experiment.—Draw outthe area on a piece of card-board or stiff paper, and cutout the shape. Then suspendthe cardboard as indicated inFig. 33, a small weight, W,being allowed to hang plumb.A line drawn behind the string… … OW. Fig. 33. so Theoretical Naval Architecture. as in Fig. 34, and draw the line CD immediately behind thestring of the plumb-bob W. Then also the centre of gravitymust lie on the line CD. Consequently it follows that the point of intersection G of thelines AB and CD must be thecentre of gravity of…
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