 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1807 - 212 pages
...inches : for it will be 5 : BO :: 4 j 12, or 4 -|- BC = 6 -|- 12 = 60, andBC = 6 -^ = 15. 52. If a line be drawn -from the centre of 'gravity of a body perpendicular to the horizon, it is called the line of direction, because it is the line that the centre of gravity would describe... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1811 - 196 pages
...inches; for it will be 5 : BC : : 4 : 12, or 4 + BC = 5 + 12 = 60, and BC =«? = 15. 52. If a line be drawn from the centre of gravity of a body perpendicular to the horizon, it is called the line of direction, because it is the line that the centre of gravity would describe... | |
 | 1812 - 356 pages
...the middle ol the axis that passes through the centre of gravity of their opposite bases. If a line be drawn from the centre of gravity of a body perpendicular...but if it falls without the base it will fall down. From the centre of gravity let there be a perpendicular line to the horizon fall within the base of... | |
 | Encyclopaedias, John Millard - 1813 - 712 pages
...cannot fall. We may therefore consider the whole weight of a body as centred in this poiut. If a line is drawn from the centre of gravity of a body, perpendicular to the horizon, it is called the line of direction ; because it is the line that the centre of gravity would desciibe,... | |
 | John Imison - 1822 - 528 pages
...gravity C, are reciprocally as the weights or bodies A and B ; that is, AC : BC : : B : A. If a line be drawn from the centre of gravity of a body, perpendicular to the horizon, it is called the line of direction, because it is the line that the centre of gravity would describe... | |
 | Charles Frederick Partington - 1828 - 468 pages
...put, and whatever supports the weight at that point, bears the weight of the whole body. If a line be drawn from the centre of gravity of a body, perpendicular to the horizon, it is called the line of direction, and if this fall within the base, the body will remain stable;... | |
 | Oliver Byrne - 1852 - 600 pages
...distances from the common centre of gravity are reciprocally as the weights of the bodiesIf a line be drawn from the centre of gravity of a body, perpendicular to the horizon, it is called the line of direction, being the line that the centre of gravity would describe if the... | |
 | Oliver Byrne - 1863 - 600 pages
...distances from the common centre of gravity are reciprocally as the weights of the bodies. If a line be drawn from the centre of gravity of a body, perpendicular to the horizon, it is called the line of direction, being the line that the centre of gravity would describe if the... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1869 - 664 pages
...other, so that if a body be suspended by the centre of gravity, it will rest in any position. If a line be drawn from the centre of gravity of a body perpendicular to the horizon, it is called the line of direction, because it is the line that the centre of gravity would describe... | |
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If a line be drawn from the centre of gravity of a body perpendicular to the horizon, it is called the line of direction, because it is the line that the centre of gravity would describe if the body fell freely. 