A text book of elementary mechanics, for the use of colleges and schools (1881)
Dana, Edward Salisbury, 1849-1935 · New York, J. Wiley & sons · leaf 198
ample, suppose the parts to be the isosceles triangle ABC and the square BDEC, situated as in Fig. 104, and let AF = s (side of square). The centre of gravity of the triangle is at gf (gF = ^AF), wf 1and of the square at g (Fg = %s); also, -^ = --. There- 1 gG ~2 ~ gG ■gG = &s. (2) Given the… … w Fig. 104. 2 fore —77 hut gg = fs, hence gG = $$, and 180 STATICS. [171. the centre of gravity of W be at G, of w9 at g9, and ofthe remainder (w) at g99. Join g9 and G, and take on the line produced ~4~f — ~r, — tff ,1 then is a the r Gg9 to W—tv9 u required point. For example, let the whole body…
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