 | Sir Richard Phillips - Celestial mechanics - 1811 - 196 pages
...then BC will be 15 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 direction falls within the base upon which the body stands, the body cannot fall ; but if it fall without the base, the body will tumble. Illustration.... | |
 | Akeroyde's padd (Dance) - 1812 - 356 pages
...cylinder is in 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 to the horizon, and this perpendicular falls within the base upon which the body rests, the body will stand; but if... | |
 | Encyclopaedias, John Millard - Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries - 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...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... | |
 | John Millard - Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc - 1813 - 704 pages
...whole weight of a body as centred in this point. If a line is drawn from the centre of gravity of » body, perpendicular to the horizon, it is called the...the centre of gravity would describe, if the body fell freely. The broader tlie base, and the nearer the line of direction is to the middle or centre,... | |
 | William Emerson - Mechanical engineering - 1825 - 506 pages
...-iSECTION FIFTH. OF THE CENTRE OF GRAVITY AND ITS PROPERTIES. PROP. XLII. (Fig.3. Pl.Vl.) IF ALINE BE DRAWN FROM THE CENTRE OF GRAVITY OF A BODY PERPENDICULAR TO THE HORIZON; AND THIS PERPENDICULAR FALLS WITHIN THE BASE UPON WHICH THE BODY RESTS, THE BODY WILL STAND; BUT IF... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - New Hampshire - 1827 - 398 pages
...as centered in this point. If a line is drawn from the centre of gravity of a' body, perpendicularly to the horizon, it is called the line of direction ; because it is the line which the centre of gravity would describe, if the body fell freely. The broader the base is upon which... | |
 | Charles Frederick Partington - Science - 1828 - 468 pages
...it may be 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...to the horizon, it is called the line of direction, and if this fall within the base, the body will remain stable; when, however, it falls without the... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - Science - 1830 - 350 pages
...as centered in this point. If a line is drawn from the centre of gravity of a body, perpendicularly to the horizon, it is called the line of direction ; because it is the line which the centre of gravity would describe, if the body fell freely. The broader the base is upon which... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Physics - 1832 - 286 pages
...then BC will be 15 inches ; for it will be 5 : BC : : 4 : 12, or 4\ BC=5x 12=60, and BC=.2> =15. 59. If a line be drawn from the centre of gravity of a...would describe, if the body were suffered to fall. 69. While the line of direction falls within the base upon which a body stands, the body cannot fall... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1838 - 348 pages
...motion. LIV. If a line be drawn perpendicular to the horizon, from the centre of gravity of a body, it is called the line of direction, because it is...would describe if the body were suffered to fall. LV. While the line of direction falls within the base upon which the body stands, the body cannot fall... | |
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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. 
