Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 69
n the tin (that is, the weight of thepiece) acts. By center of gravity of a plane area of any shape we meanthat point of it which corresponds to the center of gravity of apiece of tin when the latter is cut out in the shape of the area.The center of gravity of a quite irregular area can be found… … Fiff. 21. 44 STKENGTH OF MATERIALS found readily by computation, and such a method will now bedescribed. 48. Principle of noments Applied to Areas. Let Fig. 21represent a piece of tin which has been divided off into any num-ber of parts in any way, the weight of the whole being W, andthat of the…
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