The elements of natural philosophy : copiously illustrated by familiar experiments and containing descriptions of instruments, with directions for using : designed for the use of schools and academies (1856)
Sprague, A. W. (Alfred White), 1821-1891 · Boston : Phillips, Sampson & Company · leaf 26
of a plumb line *let fall from the point of suspension, and then suspending fromanother angular point, and marking again the direction of thesame line; the centre of gravity will be at the point wherethese lines intersect. Thus, if the figures above be pierced withholes at two of their angles, and… … When the body is homogeneous and regulai*, how is this found ?tho centre of gravity of bodies homogoncous and irregular? How find CENTRE OF GRAVITY. 21 from the -^ire of the stand (9), or by a string, the centre ofgravity will lie in the lines drawn from the wire or string per-pendicular to the…
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