Gage, Alfred P. (Alfred Payson), 1836-1903, Fessenden, C · Toronto : W.J. Gage · leaf 121
e directioni as its comi)onents. The resultant has a I definite point of application in whatever _i position the body may be, and this point is called its center of gravity. The centerof gravity {e.g.) of a body is, therefore., the poivt of applicationof the resultant of all these forces; and for… … CENTER OF GRAVITY. 105 Let G in the figure represent this point. For many practicalpurposes, then, we ma} consider that gravit}^ acts onl} upon thispoint, and in the direction GF. If the stone falls freely, thispoint cannot, in obedience to the first law of motion, deviatefrom a vertical path,…
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