The Elements of Mechanics, Including Hydrostatics: with Numerous Examples

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Walton & Maberly, 1864 - Mechanics, Analytic - 364 pages
 

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Page 44 - ... would act at a point which would be the centre of the system of the whole of the parallel forces acting on the body. Centre of Gravity. — Since gravity attracts towards the earth each particle of matter of which a body is composed, the weight of a body may be considered as the sum of a system of parallel forces.

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