| Richard Green Parker - Physics - 1850 - 408 pages
...when it is lg ' thrown perpendicularly upwards or downwards, it will move perpendicularly, because the force of projection and that of gravity are in the same line of direction. * The science of gunnery is founded upon the laws relating to projectiles. The force of gunpowder is... | |
| Richard Green Parker - Physics - 1852 - 200 pages
...when it is thro .wn perpendicularly up wards or downwards, it will move perpendicularly, because the force of projection and that of gravity are in the same line of direction. * The science of guunery is founded upon the laws relating to profectiles. The force of gunpowder is... | |
| Richard Green Parker - Electricity - 1856 - 502 pages
...when it is thrown perpendicularly upwards or downwai is, it will move perpendicularly, because the force of projection and that of gravity are in the same line of direction. The force of gunpowder is accurately ascertained, and calculations are predicated upon these principles,... | |
| 1906 - 1332 pages
...V'vircatpinal. \'i*ual, Vomiting, Winking, and Hoprf, for which see the adjectives. O. or gravity, that point in a body about which all the parts exactly balance one another, so that if that point is supported every part is in equilibrium »nd the whole body is"... | |
| Nehemiah Hawkins - Electricity - 1910 - 570 pages
...central point from which branch currents radiate to all parts of the system. Center of Gravity. — That point in a body about which all the parts exactly balance one another, so that the body will remain at rest when supported, though acted upon by gravity: also... | |
| Noah Webster - English language - 1914 - 728 pages
...influences, etc. .concentrate, or from which they proceed ; as, areligiouseen/er. — center of gravity, that point in a body about which all the parts exactly balance each other so that, if this point be supported, the body will remain at rest in any petition. — vt 1. To place... | |
| John Hill Honeybourne, Michael Hill, Helen Moors - Physical education and training - 2004 - 252 pages
...gravity This can be defined as 'an imaginary point representing the weight centre of an object' or 'that point in a body about which all the parts exactly balance each other'. The centre of gravity of a person depends on their anatomical structure, their posture, their current... | |
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