“If two equal weights have not the same centre of gravity, the centre of gravity of both taken together is at the middle point of the line joining their centres of gravity.”
Book 1, Proposition 4.
On the Equilibrium of Planes
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“The centre of gravity of a parallelogram is the point of intersection of its diagonals.”
Archimedes book On the Equilibrium of Planes
Book 1, Proposition 10.
On the Equilibrium of Planes
“The centre of gravity of any cylinder is the point of bisection of the axis.”
Archimedes book The Method of Mechanical Theorems
Proposition presumed from previous work.
The Method of Mechanical Theorems
Archimedes book The Method of Mechanical Theorems
of the portion adjacent to the base
Proposition presumed from previous work.
The Method of Mechanical Theorems
Arthur Schopenhauer book Parerga and Paralipomena
Vol. 2 "Further Psychological Observations" as translated in Essays and Aphorisms (1970), as translated by R. J. Hollingdale
Parerga and Paralipomena (1851), Counsels and Maxims