 | Sir Richard Phillips - Electricity - 1807 - 212 pages
...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
...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
...fell freely. The broader tlie base, and the nearer the line of direction is to the middle or centre, the more firmly does the body stand. On the contrary,...of it, the more easily may the body be overthrown. Every body in motion must have a determinate velocity, a id it is estimated by the space passed over... | |
 | Encyclopaedias, John Millard - Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1813 - 712 pages
...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, and the nearer the line of direction is to t'le side of it, the more easily may the body be overthrown. Every body in motion must have a determinate... | |
 | James Ferguson - Astronomy - 1814 - 420 pages
...the nearer the line of direction to the middle or centre of it, the more firmly does the body staml. On the contrary, the narrower the base, and the nearer the line of direction to the side of it, the more easily may the body be overthrown ; a less change of position being sufficient... | |
 | James Smith - Industrial arts - 1815 - 684 pages
...people had crouched as low as possible, many a boat's party Mould have saved themselves. As (he broader the base, and the nearer the line of direction is to the middle of it, the more firmly does the body stand ; so, on (lie contrary, the narrower the base, and... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - Astronomy - 1815 - 680 pages
...middle of the base, which is another fundamental property of steadiness in bodies. For the broader the base, and the nearer the line of direction is to the middle of it, the more firmly does a body stand : but if the line of direction fall near the edge,... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - Science - 1815 - 268 pages
...middle of the base, which is another fundamental property of steadiness in bodies. For the broader the base, and the nearer the line of direction is to the middle of it, the more firmly does a body stand : but if the line of direction fall near the edge,... | |
 | John Imison - Art - 1822 - 528 pages
...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,... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Physics - 1826 - 254 pages
...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... | |
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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 the line of direction is to the side of it, the more easily will it be overthrown. 
