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 83
f gra-vity a distance equal to twice the distance from the middleof the base to the centre of gravity. The point thus foundis the vertex. 9. Given the base and altitude of a triangle. Requiredthe triangle, when its centre of gravity is perpendicularlyover the extremity of the base. 10. Three men… … Fiff. 45. Fur- Pressure of one body upon another. 72. Let 1 be a movable bodypressed against a fixed body J3,and touching it at a single point.In order that A may be in equi-librium, the resultant of all theforces acting upon it, including itsweight, must pass through the pointof contact, P\…
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