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 205
posi-tion of the body. 176. Stability of a Body resting on a Base. A bodyresting upon a base ivill stand or fall according as thevertical line through the centre of gravity falls within orwithout the base of support. By base of support is meantthe salient polygon formed by lines joining the… … Fig. 116. Fig. 118. 118. In each case, let a vertical line through the centreof gravity (G) represent the weight of the body; then,taking the moment (152) of the weight about the pointC, which would be the axis in case of an overturn inthat direction, the product of Wx EC measures the ten-dency of…
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