Modern instruments and methods of calculation : a handbook of the Napier Tercentenary Exhibition (1914)
Horsburg, E. M. (Ellice Martin), Napier Tercentenary Exhibition (1914 : Edinburgh, Scotalnd) · London : G. Bell · leaf 294
rom the axis of rotation of the beamrespectively proportional to | p | , | q | , . . . to the right or the left of thisaxis, according to the sign of the corresponding coefficient in the equation.Having equilibrated the balance, we next suspend at unit distance from theaxis of rotation a weight… … Fig. 5. solids will be represented by A, h, . . . and their moments with respect to theaxis of rotation of the beam pti, qh . . . Since there is equilibrium phm + qh + =A, so that h is a solution of the equation. By adding more water the equilibrium will again be disturbed, but whena sufficient…
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