Finding the Center of Mass
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“Let any irregularly shpaed body, as a stone or chair, be suspended so as to move freely. Drop a plumb line from the point of the suspendsion, and make it fast or mark its direction. The center of mass will lie in this line. From a second point, not in the line already determined, suspend the body; let it fall a plumb line as before. The center of mass will lie in this line also. But to lie in both lines, it must lie at their intersection.” -Avery 1895
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General PhysicsSource
Elroy M. Avery School Physics (New York: Sheldon and Company, 1895) 100
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