A textbook on mechanical and electrical engineering (1898)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton : International Textbook Co., [1898-99] · leaf 360
equilibrium. 921. A body is in neutral equilibrium when it hasno tendency to move either zuay, in the direction of its mo-tion, after being slightly displaced. For example, a sphere of uniform density ; a cone restingon its side. 922. A vertical line drawn through the center of gravityof a body is… … Let A C B, Fig. 133, be a cylinder whose base is oblique B to the center line ^^ B O D ; and let Obe the center ofgravity of this cyl-inder. So long as the perpendicular c A _^ c through O falls be- FiG. 133. between A and C, the cylinder will stand, but the instant that it falls without the base,…
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