 | Thomas Stantial - Examinations - 1859 - 352 pages
...be ascertained. 14. Show the reason of the following proposition : — " When a body is placed upon a horizontal plane, it will stand or fall according as the vertical line through the centre of gravity falls within or without the base ;" with a diagram. 15. Explain the following... | |
 | University of Cambridge - 1864 - 694 pages
...find the centre of gravity of a straight line. Prop. 21. To fiud the centre of gravity of a triangle. Prop. 22. When a body is placed on a horizontal plane,...fall, according as the vertical line, drawn from its centre of gravity, falls within or without its base. Prop. 23. When a body Is suspended from a point,... | |
 | Thomas Lund - Hydrostatics - 1864 - 188 pages
...down through a given space, the height of the Centre of Gravity of P and W will remain unaltered. 5. When a body is placed on a horizontal plane, it will stand or fall, according as the vertical line through its Centre of Gravity falls within or without the ' base'. Why is the word horizontal introduced... | |
 | Harvey Goodwin - Statics - 1865 - 196 pages
...the sides; find the centre of gravity of the quadrilateral portion. 12. When a body is placed upon a horizontal plane, it will stand or fall according as the vertical line through the centre of gravity falls within or without the base. 13. Distinguish between stable and... | |
 | Isaac Todhunter - Mechanics - 1867 - 372 pages
...latter obviously tends to move file body away from the position in which G is vertically above 0. 152. When a body is placed on a horizontal plane it will...stand or fall according as the vertical line drawn through its centre of gravity falls within or wit/tout the base. Let G be the centre of gravity of... | |
 | Isaac Todhunter - Mechanics - 1867 - 368 pages
...latter obviously tends to move the body away from the position in which G is vertically above O. 152. When a body is placed on a horizontal plane it •will...stand or fall according as the vertical line drawn through its centre of gravity falls within or without the base. Let G bo the centre of gravity of a... | |
 | James McDowell - Mechanics - 1867 - 120 pages
...remains in equilibrium in its new position, the original position was one of neutral equilibrium. 63. When a body is placed on a horizontal plane it will stand or fall over, according as the vertical through its centre of gravity falls within or without the base. [By... | |
 | Isaac Todhunter - Philosophy - 1877 - 452 pages
...OP GRAVITY. 176. One of the most important facts relating to the centre of gravity is thus stated : When a body is placed on a horizontal plane it will stand or fall according as the vertical straight line through its centre of gravity passes within or without the base. Let G be the centre... | |
 | Isaac Todhunter - Mechanics - 1882 - 414 pages
...the body is said to be in stable equilibrium, and in the latter case in unstable equilibrium. 152. When, a body is placed on a horizontal plane it will stand or fall according as the vertical line dram. through its centre of gravity posset within or without the bate. Let O be the centre of gravity... | |
 | John Lovell Robinson - Dynamics - 1888 - 378 pages
...placed on a table, a sphere floating in a fluid, a cone resting on its side on a horizontal plane. 202. When a body is placed on a horizontal plane it will stand or fall according as the vertical line through its CG falls within or without the base. Let a body ABC . . . D be placed on plane OX. Since... | |
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When a body is placed on a horizontal plane, it will stand or fall, according as the vertical line, drawn from its centre of gravity, falls within or without its base. Prop. 23. When a body is suspended from a point, it will rest with its centre of gravity... 
