Elements of mechanics: for the use of colleges, academies, and high schools (1859)
Peck, William G. (William Guy), 1820-1892 · New York, A. S. Barnes & Burr · leaf 253
line of support OB, in-tersects the line of rest in M,above G, as in Fig. 141, the buoy-ant effort and the weight will conspire to restore the bodyto its position of equilibrium ; in this case, the equilibriummust be stable. If the point M falls below G,as in Fig. 142, the buoyant ef-fort and the…
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