| 1840 - 772 pages
...gravity, falls within or without its hase. Prop. 23. When a hody is suspended from a point, it will rest with its centre of gravity in the vertical line passing through the point of suspension. HYDROSTATICS. Definitions of Fluid ; of elastic and non-elastic Fluids. Pressure of non- elastic Fluids.... | |
| William Whewell - 1837 - 226 pages
...fall. * PROP. XXXII. When a body is suspended from a fixed point, it will rest only with its center of gravity in the vertical line passing through the point of suspension. Let AB be a body suspended from a fixed point C, and G its center of gravity. If CG be not vertical, draw... | |
| John Charles Snowball - Hydrostatics - 1838 - 114 pages
...without its base. 48. Prop. 23. When a body is suspended from a point, it will rest with its center of gravity in the vertical line passing through the point of suspension. HYDROSTATICS. CHAPTER I. ARTS. 1—3. Definitions of Fluid ; of elastic and non-elastic Fluids. CHAPTER... | |
| Harvey Goodwin - Mathematics - 1846 - 500 pages
...unstable. 51. When a heavy body is suspended front a point about which it can turn freely, it will rest with its centre of gravity in the vertical line passing through the point of suspension. For let O be the point of suspension, G the centre of gravity, and suppose that G is not in the vertical... | |
| Cambridge univ, exam. papers - 1847 - 40 pages
...6. Find the centre of gravity of a triangle. 7. When a body is suspended from a point, it will rest with its centre of gravity in the vertical line passing through the point of suspension. 8. The pressure upon any particle of a fluid of uniform density is proportional to its depth below... | |
| Harvey Goodwin - Mathematics - 1849 - 588 pages
...unstable. 51. When a heavy body is suspended from a point about which it can turn freely, it will rest with its centre of gravity in the vertical line passing through the point of sudf\ension. For let O be the point of suspension, G the centre of gravity, and suppose that G is not... | |
| Harvey Goodwin (Bishop of Carlisle.) - 1851 - 414 pages
...equilibrium. 14. When a heavy body is suspended from a point about which it can turn freely, it will rest with its centre of gravity in the vertical line passing through the point of suspension. 15. Explain what is meant by the centre of parallel forces. 16. Shew how to find the centre of gravity... | |
| Cambridge univ, exam. papers - 1856 - 252 pages
...equal to the sum of the weights in all positions. 6. When a body is suspended from a point it will rest with its centre of gravity in the vertical line passing through the point of suspension. Why is it more difficult to balance a body with its centre of gravity above than below the point of... | |
| Harvey Goodwin - Mathematics - 1857 - 692 pages
...will rest with its centre of gravity in the vertical line passing through the point of suspension. For let 0 be the point of suspension, G the centre of gravity, and suppose that G is not in the vertical line through O; draw OP perpendicular to the vertical through... | |
| Thomas Lund - Hydrostatics - 1864 - 188 pages
...such a system without any further machinery. 5. When a body is suspended from a point, it will rest with its Centre of Gravity in the vertical line passing through the point of suspension. Hence shew, how the Centre of Gravity of any plane figure of irregular outline may practically be determined.... | |
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