Elementary treatise on physics experimental and applied for the use of colleges and schools (1890)
Ganot, A. (Adolphe), 1804-1887, Atkinson, E. (Edmund) · New York : W. Wood · leaf 76
centre of gravity is vertically above the pointof support, or higher than it would be in any adjacentposition of the body. An egg standing on its end, or astick balanced upright on the finger, is in this state. Lastly, if in any adjacent position a body stillremains in equilibrium, its state of… … Fig. 46 represents three cones. A, B, C, placed respectively in stable,unstable and neutral equilibrium upon a horizontal plane. The letter g in each shows the positionof the centre of gravity.71. The balance.—The balance is an in-strument for determi-ning the relative weightsor masses of…
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