 | Tiberius Cavallo - Physics - 1803 - 546 pages
...narrower the bafe is, the eafiera body may be moved, and} on thecon"trary, the broader the bafe is, and the nearer the line of direction is, to the middle of it, the more • * i K - firmly • firmly does the body ftand. Hence it appears that a ball, or a circular pfene... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Electricity - 1807 - 212 pages
...body, anj the nearer the line of direction is to the side of it, the more easily is it overthrown. 54. The broader the base, and the nearer the line of direction is to the centre of it, the more firmly does a body stand. Corollary. Hence a sphere is easily rolled upon a... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Celestial mechanics - 1811 - 196 pages
...direction, and consequently the centre of gravity, farther within the base, and diminishes the danger. 54. The broader the base, and the nearer the line of .direction is to the centre of it, the more firmly does a body stand. 55. The narrower the base of a body, and the nearer... | |
 | John Millard - Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc - 1813 - 704 pages
...direction is to the middle or centre, the more firmly does the body stand. On the contrary, the narrower the base, and the nearer the line of direction is to the side of it, the more easily may the body be overthrown. Every body in motion must have a determinate... | |
 | Encyclopaedias, John Millard - Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1813 - 712 pages
...direction ; because it is the line that the centre of gravity would desciibe, if the body fell freely. The broader the base, and the nearer the line of direction is io the middle or centre, the ruoie firmly does the body stand. On the contrary, the narrower the base,... | |
 | James Smith - Industrial arts - 1815 - 684 pages
...direction is to the middle of it, the more firmly does the body stand ; so, on (lie contrary, the narrower the base, and the nearer the line of direction is to the side of it, the more easily may the body be overthrown, because a less change of position is sufficient... | |
 | John Imison - Art - 1822 - 528 pages
...consequently the centre of gravity, farther within the base, and by that means might have saved themselves. The broader the base, and the nearer the line of direction is to the middle or centre of it, the more firmly does the body stand. On the contrary, the narrower the base, and the... | |
 | James Ferguson - Eclipses - 1823 - 406 pages
...is to the middle or centre of it, the more firmly does the body stand. On the contrary, the narrower the base, and the nearer the line of direction is to the side of it, the more easily may the body be overthrown, a less change of position being sufficient... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Physics - 1826 - 254 pages
...consequently the centre of gravity, within the base, and thereby remove the danger of oversetting. 55. The broader the base, and the nearer the line of direction is to the centre of it, the more firmly does a body stand ; and the narrower the base of a body, and the nearer... | |
 | Leonard Dunnell Gale - Physics - 1838 - 308 pages
...If he attempts to rise too soon before the body is sufficiently advanced he falls back again. LIX. The broader the base, and the nearer the line of direction is to the centre of it, the more firmly does a body stand ; and the narrower the base of a body, and the nearer... | |
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