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An elementary treatise on mechanics, embracing the theory of statics and dynamics, and its applications to solids and fluids (1868)

Smith, Augustus W. (Augustus William), 1802-1866 · New York : Harper · leaf 72

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+g2 -ga=giga -giG^g,g2Z~tr 6 1 62 This determines the point G, the center of gravity of theportion ABCD. In the same manner, we may find the pointof application G, of the resultant of gt+g2 acting at G, andg3 acting at g3, and so on; the last point so determined willbe the center of gravity G of… … plane will bisect all lines in the pyramid parallel to BC, andwill therefore divide it symmetrically. Bisect AC in F, andthe plane through F and the edge BD will also divide the pyr-amid symmetrically; and since the center of gravity of thepyramid will be in both these planes, it must be in their…

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