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 206
distanceto the nearest side is called the moment of instability. 177. Conditions upon which the Stability of a Bodydepends. If, as in Figs. 119, 120, a force P acts, as indi-cated, at the point A, the body will be on the point ofoverturning when the moments of P and W about C areequal and opposite… … Fig. 119. Fig. 120. Fig. 121. will hold true when the body is supported, as shown inFig. 122, and the value of P given by the equation isthe pressure on the prop. In the first case it is obvious that the greater the over-turning force required, the greater the stability of thebody. But from the…
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