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" In a moving body, the line described by its center of gravity is always taken as the path of the body. In finding the distance that a body has moved, the distance that the center of gravity has moved is taken. "
A Textbook on Marine Engineering ...: Steam and Steam Boilers, Steam Engines ... - Page 152
by International Correspondence Schools - 1900
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An Elementary Treatise on Mechanics: For the Use of Junior University Students

Richard Potter - Mechanics - 1846 - 190 pages
...they are parallel forces, and act at different points. CHAPTER V. ON THE CENTER OF GRAVITY. 28. The center of gravity of a body is that point at which the whole weight of a body may be considered to act, and would produce the same mechanical effect as the...
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An elementary treatise on mechanics

Richard Potter - 1848 - 196 pages
...equal and parallel forces, and act at different points. CHAPTER V. ON THE CENTER OF GRAVITY. 28. The center of gravity of a body is that point at which the whole weight of a body may be considered to act, and would produce the same mechanical effect as the...
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Lessons in Elementary Mechanics Introductory to the Study of Physical ...

Sir Philip Magnus - Mechanics - 1875 - 352 pages
...is called the centre of weight, or centre of gravity. Hence the centre of gravity may be defined as the point at which the whole weight of a body may be supposed to act. If the body be supported at this point the bodywill rest in any position whatever....
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Lessons in elementary mechanics

sir Philip Magnus (1st bart.) - 1877 - 360 pages
...is called the centre of weight, or centre of gravity. Hence the centre of gravity may be defined as the point at which the whole weight of a body may be supposed to act. If the body be supported at this point the body will rest in any position whatever....
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An Elementary Treatise on Electric Power and Lighting: Arithmetic ...

International Correspondence Schools - Electrical engineering - 1897 - 346 pages
...the three conditions (see Art. 469), and the force is fully represented. CENTER OF GRAVITY. 478. The center of gravity of a body is that point at which...weight of a body may be considered as concentrated. 161 In a moving body, the line described by its center of gravity is always taken as the path of the...
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A Textbook on Plumbing, Heating, and Ventilation, Volume 1

1897 - 366 pages
...the three conditions (see Art. 469), and the force is fully represented. CENTER OF GRAVITY. 478. The center of gravity of a body is that point at which...weight of a body may be considered as concentrated. 161 FIG. 64. In a moving body, the line described by its center of gravity is always taken as the path...
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The Elements of Mechanical Engineering, Volume 1

International Correspondence Schools - Electrical engineering - 1897 - 672 pages
...parallel, but opposite, directions, against two parallel sides of the nut. CENTER OF GRAVITY. 91 0. The center of gravity of a body is that point at which...weight of a body may be considered as concentrated. In a moving body, the line described by its center of gravity is always taken as the path of the body....
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Arithmetic, algebra, logarithms, geometry and trigonometry, elementary ...

International Correspondence Schools - Civil engineering - 1899 - 722 pages
...parallel, but opposite, directions, against two parallel sides of the nut. CENTER OF GRAVITY. 910. The center of gravity of a body is that point at which...weight of a body may be considered as concentrated. In a moving body, the line described by its center of gravity is always taken as the path of the body....
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A Treatise on Coal Mining, Volume 2, Parts 11-21

International Correspondence Schools - Coal mines and mining - 1900 - 860 pages
...the force is fully represented. CENTER OF GRAVITY. 184O. The center of gravity of a bod^ is that pomt at which the body may be balanced, or it is the point...weight of a body may be considered as concentrated. 184-1. In a moving body, the line described by its center of gravity is always taken as the path of...
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A Textbook of Electric Lighting and Railways, Volume 1

International Correspondence Schools - Electric lighting - 1901 - 630 pages
...uniform speed of 5 feet per second along a level surface ? Ans. . 136 HP CENTER OF GRAVITY. 98. The center of gravity of a body is that point at which the body may be balanced, or it is the point at iv/iic/t the whole weight of a body may be considered as concentrated. This point is not always in...
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