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" I shall just offer a few illustrations of the CENTRE OF GRAVITY. The centre of gravity of a body is that point about which all its parts... "
Elements of Natural Philosophy: Embracing the General Principles of ... - Page 21
by Leonard Dunnell Gale - 1838 - 276 pages
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The New Pocket Cyclopędia: Or, Elements of Useful Knowledge, Methodically ...

John Millard - Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc - 1813 - 704 pages
...which tubes (scarcely capable of admitting a hair) have, of causing water to stand above its level. 6. The centre of gravity of a body is that point about which all the parts of a body, in any situation, balance each other.' Hence, if a body is suspended or supported...
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The New Pocket Cyclopaedia: Or, Elements Or Useful Knowledge, Methodically ...

Encyclopaedias, John Millard - Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1813 - 712 pages
...which tubes (scarcely capable of admitting a hair) have, of causing water to stand above iU level. ft. The centre of gravity of a body is that point about which all the parts of a body, in any situation, balance • each other. Hence, if a body is suspended or supported...
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The Panorama of Science and Art: Embracing the Sciences of ..., Volume 1

James Smith - Industrial arts - 1815 - 684 pages
...gravity is that point in a body, about which all its parts exactly balance each other in every position. If a body be suspended or supported by the centre of gravity, it will remain at rest in any position indifferently; and whatever supports this point bears the whole weight...
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A Grammar of Natural and Experimental Philosophy ...: With One Hundred ...

Sir Richard Phillips - Physics - 1826 - 236 pages
...the radii directly, and thf squares of the periodical times inversely. OF THE CENTRE OF GRAVITY. 49. The centre of gravity of a body, is that point, about...the centre of gravity, it will rest in any position. 50. Whatever supports the centre of gravity benrs the weight of the whole body ; therefore, the whole...
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The Literary and Scientific Class Book: Embracing the Leading Facts and ...

Levi Washburn Leonard - New Hampshire - 1827 - 398 pages
...Perpendic'ularly, in the direction of a straight line up and down. Pyr'amid, a pillar ending in a point. THE centre of gravity of a body is that point about which all its parts, in any situation exactly balance each other, so that if a body be suspended or supported by this point,...
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The Literary and Scientific Class Book: Embracing the Leading Facts and ...

Levi Washburn Leonard - New Hampshire - 1828 - 368 pages
...Perpendic'ularly, in the direction of a straight line up and down. Pyr'amid, a pillar ending in a point. 'Tan centre of gravity of a body is that point about which all its parts, in any situation exactly balance each other, so that if a body be suspended or supported by this point,...
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The Literary and Scientific Class Book: Embracing the Leading Facts and ...

Levi Washburn Leonard - Science - 1830 - 350 pages
...Perpendic'ularly , in the direction of a straight line up and down. Pyr'amid, a pillar ending in a point. THE centre of gravity of a body is that point about which all its parts, in any situation exactly balance each other, BO that if a body be suspended or supported by this point,...
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An Easy Grammar of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, for the Use of Schools

Sir Richard Phillips - Physics - 1832 - 286 pages
...denominated central forces ; and when a body revolves in a circular .orbit, those two forces are equal. 55. The centre of gravity of a body is that point about...parts do in any situation exactly balance each other. Observation 1. The centre of gravity of a circle, sphere, or any regular body, is its centre. The centre...
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The Family Encyclopedia of Useful Knowledge and General Literature ...

John Lauris Blake - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1834 - 1028 pages
...centre of gravity is that part of a body around which all its parts ore so equally balanced, that if the body be suspended or supported by the centre of gravity, it will rest in any position. Take a book, and find, by trial, under what part the finger must bo placed to keep the book from falling...
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The Mechanic's Register, Volumes 1-2

Industrial arts - 1838 - 348 pages
...principles of the planetary motions and the general theory of astronomy. OF THE CENTRE OP GRAVITY. L. The centre of gravity of a body is that point, about...the centre of gravity, it will rest in any position. LI. Whatever supports the centre oi gravity bears the weight of the whole body, therefore the whole...
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