Snow, Benjamin Warner, 1860- · Madison, Wis. · leaf 95
same if thepoint of application of theforce is changed from a toI) or c, since both of thesepoints lie in the directionof the force. The perpendicular distance Op between the cen-ter of moments and the direction of the force is the lever armof the force. This distance, then, is one of the two… … The principlo of moments. F X Op. If the point of application of the force had been d instead of a,h, or c, the lever arm of the force would have been Op^, and themoment would have been only CONDITIONS FOR EQUILIBRIUM, 91 F X Op\ When a force produces rotation, the rotation is regarded aspositive…
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