| 单词 | centre of gravity |
| 例句 | And if the earth was not homogeneous, where was its centre of gravity? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Thus the centre of gravity of the earth still coincides with the centre of the universe, but its geometrical centre does not. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The exception was the Parisian philosophers, for whom the centre of gravity of both the earth and the water remained coincident with the centre of the universe. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Finally, where was the centre of gravity of the conjoined spheres of earth and water? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The Parisian view, that the centre of gravity of the earth corresponded to the centre of the sphere of water, will have seemed at first sight like a viable option. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In Miserere mei he repeatedly causes the flow of the music to come to rest on cadences, affirming its centre of gravity. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Then in Chapter 3 he stresses the importance of the discovery of America: earth and water make one globe in which the centre of gravity and the geometrical centre coincide. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Not one of them was allowed to be repeated in a melodic phrase, which prevented the listener’s ear from latching on to any note as the centre of gravity. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z As a modification of this view, one could argue that the centre of the universe corresponds to the centre of gravity of the aggregate of the two spheres of earth and water. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As soon as there was a centre of gravity, or a ‘home’ in the sound, the relationship between chords also started to coalesce into hierarchies. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The geometrical centre of the globe and its centre of gravity were, he asserted, one and the same. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Beethoven's Coriolan Overture was a good introduction to an orchestral sound somehow befitting an ensemble that still plays in white tie and tails: patrician, plushly woven and with a low centre of gravity. Prom 44: RNO/Boreyko 2010-08-19T11:14:00Z But it is Mr Metheny, the band’s maestro, who is its centre of gravity. Guitar hero 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Expect your reading to take you to Istanbul, Turkish fiction’s undisputed centre of gravity, but also to the provinces, sometimes with foreign writers. 10 of the best books set in Turkey - that will take you there 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z He has that solid, low centre of gravity you find in men who are unusually at ease in their own skin, and a twinkly air of old-fashioned amazement at the silliness of modern metropolitan ideas. 'I used to be a raving lunatic' 2010-09-02T20:00:00Z It's embyronic and confused – and New York's insane cost of living may yet move the centre of gravity elsewhere – but an interest in Hungarian fiction may signal much more than meets the eye. Why is New York's literary crowd suddenly in thrall to Hungarian fiction? 2012-07-13T21:30:01Z Even the economically mighty Saudi Arabia, considered by the west to be the religious and historical centre of gravity of the region, never succeeded in forming a core or Arab culture. Egypt has returned from the cultural backwaters 2011-02-24T16:19:39Z Some Hollywood stars seem adept at pulling a film’s centre of gravity towards them; Chastain seems to exist in a quiet gravity of her own. Jessica Chastain: ‘It’s a myth that women don’t get along’ 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z Arcade Fire already existed in an early incarnation but gradually, says Butler, the couple became the "centre of gravity". Arcade Fire: 'It's a lot easier to get smaller' 2011-02-10T21:36:01Z Musharraf insisted that Pakistan's nuclear weapons were safe from terrorists, though he admitted that what he called the "centre of gravity" of al-Qaida-inspired extremism lay in Pakistan's tribal areas. Pervez Musharraf uses Hay festival to hint at possible return to power 2010-05-30T22:55:00Z In the silent film era, movie cameras were generally heavy hand-cranked machines, and the centre of gravity of the US film industry was shifting from the east coast to the west. One perfect shot: the unsung power of cinematography 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z No one knows where – in storytelling – the centre of gravity lies. Apocalypse now? No, but we've lost our cultural way 2010-07-12T10:25:00Z JK is on a skateboard in the middle of Manhattan and his centre of gravity is dictated by the angle of the camera and . Garth Jennings: Kanye killed my video 2010-12-12T21:30:00Z Photograph: Tristram Kenton The programme for this August's Edinburgh International Festival is out and, of all Jonathan Mills's lineups to date, it is the one that shifts our centre of gravity the farthest. Edinburgh international Festival looks to the New World | Mark Fisher 2010-03-17T09:56:00Z If there is one truth that Brotton's survey repeatedly emphasises, it is that cartographers cannot help but betray their own centre of gravity. A History of the World in Twelve Maps by Jerry Brotton – review 2012-08-24T07:00:02Z Hitchings the journalist moves his centre of gravity from the library to the field. Sorry! The English and Their Manners by Henry Hitchings – review 2013-01-27T08:00:01Z The locomotion and centre of gravity that the costume gives. Geoffrey Rush: 'Art doesn’t do well in the dark. But that’s where we’ve put it' 2013-07-15T05:13:00Z Minutes of the Fed's most recent policy meeting are due out later and will be scoured for clues about where the centre of gravity among policymaking lies. Morning Bid: Fears of 6% and US debt jam 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z "There is a jarring gap between HSBC's centre of gravity in Hong Kong and its subservience to regulators in Britain," says Steve Vickers, a corporate risk consultant based in Hong Kong. HSBC foils plan by major investor to break up bank 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Guillaume guides my every move, barking instructions on how to balance my centre of gravity and ensure the ice picks grip securely, and finally I top out onto safe ground. Hitting new heights: learn how to be an Alpinist in Chamonix 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z Sergio Aguero is the best striker I've seen in person, the raw power and instant burst of speed were his trademark, coupled with low centre of gravity, nimble feet and strength on the ball. Who is your greatest forward? These are the results 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z In fact, his stocky frame and low centre of gravity make him like a tank travelling at top speed. ‘A tank at top speed’ – how Gnonto has lifted Leeds 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Four other unsecured containers also affected the plane's centre of gravity. Pilot crashed at Cranfield after container blocked control stick 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z "We want the centre of gravity of our investments to be in Europe," Smejc said, adding that PPF wanted to expand more broadly outside the Balkans, where it is heavily invested. Czech firm PPF aims to exit China, wants partners for Europe acquisitions 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Known for his pace and low centre of gravity, Sterling's darting runs from positions out wide into central areas have been a key feature of Manchester City's play under Pep Guardiola. MOTD Top 10: Who are your best Premier League wingers? 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z In his ruling, he said it also had "too high a centre of gravity". Nancy Glen: 'Unstable' trawler led to Loch Fyne fishermen deaths 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z “It’s clear the centre of gravity of the campaign will be on the right,” a government source said. Exclusive-Macron's secret campaign team points to conservative battle ahead 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z It said this restriction, the weight and "aft centre of gravity limit" caused the accident. Pilot crashed at Cranfield after container blocked control stick 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z "The prospect of the European Central Bank keeping rates below zero while the Fed hikes should keep euro/dollar in the post-2014 range, with a centre of gravity around $1.12-1.16," he said. Dollar heads for best week in months as Fed tightening looms 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z How much Egypt’s centre of gravity shifts from Cairo to the new capital, 45 km from the Nile, is unclear. From creaking Cairo, Egypt plans high-tech leap with new capital 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z In his first public comments after Mekelle’s capture, Abiy said the city was no longer the “centre of gravity for conflicts”. Analysis-Ethiopia govt withdrawal from Tigray capital opens new chapter in war 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z “I was still very scared, because I couldn’t see where I was walking, and I couldn’t find my centre of gravity, so sometimes I would fall,” said Zhang. First blind Chinese mountaineer climbs Mount Everest 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z Mr Petersson told the BBC that the decision to open the plant was because of the size of the UK market, describing it as a "centre of gravity" for the firm. Oatly IPO values Oprah-backed firm at $10bn 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z How far and how fast Egypt’s centre of gravity shifts away from Cairo to the new capital 45 km from the Nile is unclear. Egypt prepares to start move to new capital, away from the chaos of Cairo 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z If anything, Donovan says, Republicans in the House better reflect the party's centre of gravity given that, unlike the Senate, they have to stand for election every two years. What next for Trump - and Trumpism? 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z Growing flows to North America this year are not necessarily “an indication that the centre of gravity is tilting towards the U.S.,” said James Quinn of Q9 Capital, a Hong Kong cryptocurrency private wealth manager. How American investors are gobbling up booming bitcoin 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z It moved down the social scale and was re-interpreted by the locals, transformed into a more balletic sport ideal for the player with a low centre of gravity - very true of the squat, little Maradona. How Maradona's tormenting of England made him an Argentine deity 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z But he added that regulators were hardening their “encouragement” for banks to move the “centre of gravity” of their euro-denominated business from London and demonstrate the viability of new continental hubs. Laggard banks told COVID-19 no excuse to delay beefing up EU Brexit hubs 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z Over the years, the centre of gravity of western economies – and the US and the UK in particular – shifted from production to speculative finance, most of it debt-fuelled. The only V-shaped recovery after coronavirus will be in the stock markets | Larry Elliott 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z His low centre of gravity meant he could throw an overgrown centre-back off his scent with just a wiggle of his hips, while his feather-toed touch and acceleration were frightening for the time. The Joy of Six: football's wing wizards | Gregg Bakowski 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z The centre of gravity in fine art shifted from Paris to New York. ‘Rockers and spies’ – how the CIA used culture to shred the iron curtain 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z "The levelling-up agenda is about scaling up our ambition and moving the country's centre of gravity and economic focus away from London, driving local growth and delivering opportunity across the UK," a spokesman said. Don't forget county councils, government told 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z This is because the S-Pod is slowed down by users shifting its centre of gravity to lean backwards, instead of applying brakes directly to the wheels. CES 2020: from instant drink chillers to 10-second toothbrushes - 7 standout gadgets 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z This year, a tuxedo-style jacket has replaced the little black dress as the centre of gravity for your December wardrobe. Scrooge is not an option: how to dress to add some much-needed Christmas cheer 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z With this extra mass at the back of the car, the centre of gravity will move back and the yaw static margin will reduce. What's it like to drive a car at over 500mph? 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z "They also lower the overall centre of gravity and help to reduce weight and optimise weight distribution in the vehicle," he says. Wheels of fortune? A new age for electric motors 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z But he acknowledges that the publishing world’s centre of gravity remains western. From Black Panther to Tade Thompson: why Afrofuturism is taking over sci-fi 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z As centres of gravity shifted, portions of crust extruded to form lands and mountains. Leonardo da Vinci’s laboratory: studies in flow 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z The area’s proximity to Mosul, one of two former centres of gravity for Isis, was also seen by Kurdish leaders as a deal-breaker. Iraq seeks multibillion fee to receive Isis prisoners from Syria 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Next year, when we add the rocket pack, the centre of gravity will move back. What's it like to drive a car at over 500mph? 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z These days, its centre of gravity is the California almond industry. What can bees teach economists? 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z That’s three seasons in which fashion’s centre of gravity has shifted steadily away from sex, says Jess Cartner-Morley – long enough for the trend to trickle down to date night outfits this Valentine’s weekend. US briefing: Parkland anniversary, Paul Manafort and dark money 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z In that time, fashion’s centre of gravity has shifted away from sex. Date dressing: how fashion in the age of MeToo redefined sex appeal 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Martin Griffiths, the UN special envoy for Yemen, described Hodeidah as the centre of gravity for the war. Yemen peace talks: UN says Hodeidah should be under joint control 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z At the same time, Beijing is also seeking to shift the global centre of gravity eastwards, propagating the idea of a new world order with a resurgent China at its centre. Inside China’s audacious plan for global media dominance 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Europe’s “mainstream” centre of gravity has shifted palpably to the right following the 2008 financial crash and large-scale refugee influxes. At home and abroad, Emmanuel Macron ploughs lonely furrow 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z This is consistent with the planet and moon orbiting a common centre of gravity, causing the planet to wobble from its predicted location. Astronomers discover first suspected 'exomoon' 8,000 light years away 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Chua and her husband are towering figures at Yale and were described by one student as being the centre of gravity at the elite law school, connecting students to jobs and clerkships, and rewarding loyalty. 'No accident' Brett Kavanaugh's female law clerks 'looked like models', Yale professor told students 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z In part this reflects a shift in the Arab world’s centre of gravity, away from the troubled Levant and towards the wealthy Gulf. A Muslim monarch and religious diplomat wins some overdue recognition 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z But here’s the thing: this tectonic reshaping of power, in which “the centre of gravity of world affairs” moves from America to China, is a pre-AI concept. Will Bilderberg still be relevant as the future of war is transformed? 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z It thus seems to be settling for being a universal bank with its centre of gravity in Europe. European universal banks can succeed. But can Deutsche Bank? 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z The more the music industry centre of gravity is jolted towards Spotify, the more powerful the streaming site becomes in dictating its terms back to the music business and artists. Spotify's public listing shows its ambition – but won't help struggling musicians 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Observing how a word is “misused” hints that its centre of gravity might be shifting. Inside the OED: can the world’s biggest dictionary survive the internet? 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Europe’s centre of gravity shifted to Berlin, and in the following decade, Germany did much better than France. Macron had a good year. In 2018, he could even stop Brexit | Natalie Nougayrède 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z Some say it was to shift the centre of gravity away from the border with China, while others argue that it was to cement Kazakh presence in an area that was predominantly ethnically Russian. 'Norman said the president wants a pyramid': how starchitects built Astana 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z The outcome of South Korea's presidential contest, while not quite an electoral landslide, certainly represents a seismic shift in the country's political centre of gravity. Moon Jae-in: Big tests ahead for South Korea's new leader - BBC News 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Despite standing 6ft 4in he has a low centre of gravity and uses that, combined with impeccable timing and excellent balance, to power through the most tightly packed opposition defences. Six Nations heavy artillery: Picamoles, Hughes, Furlong, O'Brien, Te'o, Roberts 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z The goal was made by Tom Carroll, who picked up a loose ball 25 yards out and ran at the heart of the defence faster than you could say ‘low centre of gravity’. Liverpool v Swansea City: Premier League – live! 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z To their west is the remaining heartland of Isis, which spills towards the Syrian border and on towards Raqqa, one of the group’s two remaining main centres of gravity. Kurdish trench in Iraq stakes out claim for bigger territory 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z The technique involves leaning the torso forward so that the centre of gravity is on the front leg, according to an advisory published on the website of the German Society of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery. Walk like a penguin to avoid slipping on ice, German doctors advise 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z And Europe's own centre of gravity shifted too, to the west and to the north. Peter Frankopan: The events of 1498 changed our world - BBC News 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z As they orbit their common centre of gravity, they always show each other the same face and, relative to the horizon, the position in the sky of either observed from the other never changes. Not so lonely sea in the sky 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Gene’s centre of gravity was far lower: he bends his knees, he hunkers down. Zadie Smith: what Beyoncé taught me 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z The IEA says the centre of gravity for renewable growth is moving to emerging markets. Renewable energy capacity overtakes coal - BBC News 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z In the continent’s current struggles with Brexit and the refugee and economic crises, Orbán has seen particular opportunity, talking openly this summer of an eastward shift in Europe’s centre of gravity. ‘They’ve brought evil out’: Hungary’s poll on migration divides a nation 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z By then he was already the group’s leader in Syria, one of two centres of gravity for Isis – the other being Mosul in Iraq. Abu Muhammad al-Adnani's death does not signal the demise of Isis 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z They would then put themselves before a membership whose centre of gravity is to the left of most Labour MPs for approval. Could Labour plotters oust Jeremy Corbyn as leader? - BBC News 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z The victory of an Arizonian right-wing firebrand over a New York moderate personified the shift in the Republican Party's centre of gravity during the civil rights from the north-east to the south and south-west. Why we should have seen Trump coming - BBC News 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z As Christians celebrate the birth of Christ, the centre of gravity of the world’s most popular religion is shifting towards the birthplace of humanity itself. The future of the world’s most popular religion is African 2015-12-25T05:00:00Z As Europe grapples with the terrorist threat, the row may also reflect a new centre of gravity on matters of national security. Après Charlie 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z This back-and-forth, however, may prove a distraction compared with another shift in the oil market: its centre of gravity is moving inexorably eastwards. Crude measure 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z By the end of tonight we’ll have a firmer view about where the centre of gravity in the party lies. Syria airstrikes: MPs debate and vote on action against Isis - live 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z This fundamental shift in the centre of gravity of the climate change debate is one that few have yet recognised. The Paris climate summit can deliver progress – if national legislators lead the way | John Prescott and Andrew Hammond 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Why has Christianity’s centre of gravity shifted south and west? The future of the world’s most popular religion is African 2015-12-25T05:00:00Z Although passengers moving to the upper deck is what caused the shift in the centre of gravity, that could reasonably have been foreseen given the 20-metre long boat was used to view whales. Whale-watching accident: Australian victim slipped from girlfriend's hands 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Although passengers moving to the upper deck is believed to have caused the shift in the centre of gravity, that could reasonably have been expected given the 20 metre-long boat was used to view whales. Whale-watching boat investigation focuses on why vessel was so unstable when wave hit 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z By the end of tonight we’ll have a firmer view about where the centre of gravity in the party lies. Syria airstrikes: MPs debate and vote on action against Isis - live 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Hispanicisation is shifting the church’s centre of gravity to the south and west and changing its culture, including the language of worship, almost everywhere. Who owns the pope? 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Simon Kay of the Wellcome Trust said the new funding model represented a “shift of the centre of gravity in management of African science to Africa”, arguing that the approach offered considerable promise. Socking it to malaria just the start for Africa's new science alliance 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z And then there was our honeymoon, which arrived just as her centre of gravity went haywire, in an Estonian city that is approximately 95% cobbles. Holidays from hell: ‘Jamais again, I swore. Jamais again’ 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z It's these demographics - and the global economy's shifting centre of gravity - which explain why the Asia Pacific region will become the largest air travel market in the world. Airport expansion: It's build, build, build in much of the world - BBC News 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z The small compromises in aerodynamics and centre of gravity height this creates are more than compensated by the better visibility, which allows you to place the car that little bit better. Monaco: 'Like a scene from a movie' 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Dave Moutrey echoes that, describing the city as an "an alternative centre of gravity" rather than a rival to the capital. Manchester builds up its culture scene with £25m Home - BBC News 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z As part of TNGA, it plans to lower the bonnet and centre of gravity of cars to improve handling. Toyota resumes efficiency drive 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z But it is a quote too which puts Labour's response to Stefano Pessina's remarks in an interesting context: where the party's centre of gravity was under Tony Blair and where it is now. Labour v Boots: A political dilemma 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z This is after all where IS's centre of gravity resides. How much can UK campaign hurt IS? 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Its centre of gravity would have been relatively far forward, helping it to move smoothly while swimming. Swimming dinosaur found in Morocco 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z The teenager is a gem of a player, all low centre of gravity and extravagant skill, and coaxed the penalty out of Omar Elabdellaoui. England 1-0 Norway: Five things we learned from Wembley friendly 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Britain remains in many ways the centre of gravity for European jihadist networks, says Thomas Hegghammer of the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment. It ain’t half hot here, mum 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z Mr Salmond made a similar point in his New Statesman in London lecture in March, when he said a post-Yes Scotland would help "rebalance the economic centre of gravity" across the UK. Why does Alex Salmond make speeches in England? 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Goggles also change a helmet's centre of gravity. Night vision fighter helmet unveiled 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z Israeli military planners urge caution, but the political centre of gravity lies elsewhere. This renewed violence suggests a bleak future for Palestinians and Israelis 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Eastmond, who played well in Argentina below the radar last summer, is essentially still unknown at international level but he's difficult to stop, with a low centre of gravity - you've almost got to engulf him. Guscott: Whingeing Poms? Not this England team 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z It is just one more sign, in a Church now led by an Argentinean Pope, that the centre of gravity in Catholicism is shifting in the direction of the global South. VIDEO: Haiti's first Cardinal 2014-02-22T00:30:06Z "The centre of gravity of defense expenditure is expected to continue to shift south and east," said Paul Burton, director of IHS Jane's Aerospace, Defense and Security. As West cuts, global defense industry balance shifts 2014-02-12T14:19:50Z Once the centre of gravity for industries shifts to the manufacturing countries, so does the best talent and the most innovative technologies. Is Government Intervention Creating The Wrong Type Of New Businesses? 2014-02-11T09:32:00Z "The centre of gravity of defence expenditure is expected to continue to shift towards Asia-Pacific in 2014, following the trend of economic expansion," says Paul Burton, a director at IHS Defence. Asia-Pacific drives defence spending 2014-02-09T20:20:55Z The car’s lithium ion batteries are integrated under the passenger floor for even weight distribution and lower centre of gravity, allowing BMW to claim go-cart like road holding agility. New i3 Electric Car Trickles To Market As BMW Worries About Quality 2013-12-19T17:02:00Z For Doug Emslie, group managing of Taurus, which owns the show's organisers, F&E Aerospace, says it is all part of changes to the aerospace industry's centre of gravity. Dubai prepares for take-off 2013-11-17T10:25:23Z "The centre of gravity of the oil market is shifting east as China's importance in global oil trade continues to increase," said a London-based oil trader who sells to China. China to ramp up overseas M&A as it overtakes U.S. as top crude importer 2013-10-11T15:34:54Z The yaw static margin is the distance between the centre of gravity and the aerodynamic centre of the car. Bloodhound Diary: Building on the tides 2013-10-09T15:58:27Z Her lighter weight and lower centre of gravity would also be more economical, making her "ideal for offering young people offshore sailing". Sea Cadets award Spain ship contract 2013-07-26T16:06:11Z Short thruster bursts from both vehicles would then set them spinning around a centre of gravity. UK team unveils Mars concept mission 2013-07-24T06:54:22Z The global economic centre of gravity is shifting. Five steps to start thinking like an exporter 2013-06-27T07:00:12Z There is no doubt the industry's centre of gravity is moving from the US to Asia. Paris Air Show set for takeoff 2013-06-16T23:07:38Z And the Bank of Scotland is no longer Scottish: it is part of the UK Lloyds TSB group, with London as its centre of gravity. Scottish banknotes: the Treasury's symbolic hostage in the independence debate 2013-04-22T13:37:05Z In the 1930s, the centre of gravity of the British economy shifted to the south-east, which is where many of the new light engineering companies were established. Margaret Thatcher was loved and hated – both for sound economic reasons 2013-04-14T14:02:21Z That Mr Lapid is labelled a centrist perhaps shows you where the centre of gravity of Israeli opinion on such matters lies these days. Netanyahu dealt weak hand by voters 2013-01-26T12:33:09Z As the various bits of car are being manufactured, we are continually updating our calculated centre of gravity, so we need to keep checking the stability. Bloodhound diary: Piece by piece 2013-01-19T01:31:00Z This is where the centre of gravity in Europe now lies. Germany-Poland: Europe's future power couple? 2012-12-18T00:59:30Z One big difference between the Duo and its predecessors is that those batteries are lithium-polymer cells sitting in the wings, near the plane’s centre of gravity, and not nickel-cadmium ones scattered artfully around the airframe. Solar-powered aircraft: The Wright stuff? 2012-11-22T16:03:01Z That hints at a broader question: what do this year’s ballot measures reveal about America’s political centre of gravity? Ballot measures: A liberal drift 2012-11-08T16:00:19Z The economy's centre of gravity shifted from manufacturing to finance, particularly after the big bang reforms of the City in 1986. Polly Peck: the South Sea Company of the 1980s 2012-08-22T18:51:32Z "I have changed everything from head to toe, his angle, centre of gravity, his guns, the way he looks at the target," the sheikh said. London 2012: Peter Wilson wins shooting gold for Britain 2012-08-03T07:30:00Z As the capsule thunders downwards, it ejects ballast blocks to move its centre of gravity and tilt its angle of attack. Mars success depends on 'crazy' landing 2012-07-29T23:24:10Z That proportion has held steady for decades, largely because of immigration, but there has been a shift in American Catholicism’s centre of gravity, from its traditional bastions in the urban north-east both southward and westward. Catholicism in America: A contentious flock 2012-07-05T15:28:43Z But, in conjunction with this mode of carrying, there is another consideration of interest, which is, the centre of gravity is high. Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition 2012-05-22T15:16:52.423Z In Aeolis, of course, the centre of gravity moved to the Attalid capital, Pergamum. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Conversely, if the centre of gravity cannot sink equilibrium obtains, because heavy bodies of themselves do not move upwards. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z In all such rapidly flying creatures the form of the body is necessarily modified so as to throw the centre of gravity where it may be best sustained. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z The coming of Madeline had changed his life, changed his outlook, changed the very centre of gravity. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z The position of the handle being fixed on, draw a line through the centre of the handle, and continue it through the centre of gravity of the vessel. Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition 2012-05-22T15:16:52.423Z Its centres of gravity to some extent shifted. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Equilibrium subsists then when the common centre of gravity of all the weights together cannot sink. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z These icebergs were all stratified, at more or less regular distances, with blue lines, which before they capsized or canted from displacement of their centres of gravity, were always horizontal. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z A new political centre of gravity had to be sought for Europe. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z I was not only standing on the brow of a precipice, but my centre of gravity seemed a little beyond it. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z With the enormous extension of Greek territory a great shifting took place in the old centres of gravity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Torricelli carries the principle back to the properties of the centre of gravity. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z Change of centre of gravity of whole solar system. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z The "positive checks" of disease, starvation, lack of room, internecine competition, increase of enemies, and so on, re-establish a balance, though perhaps with a slightly changed centre of gravity. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z Sir Christopher Wren, the famous architect, determined the length of the arc and 686 its centre of gravity, and Pierre Fermat deduced the surface of the spindle generated by its revolution. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z All real revolutions are based upon a displacement of the centre of gravity of property, since in the long run, superstructure and foundation can not be out of harmony with each other. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z This work W corresponds to the fall of the whole liquid weight Q, through the distance h/2 or through the altitude of its centre of gravity. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z On similar grounds a change in the earth’s centre of gravity is unthinkable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z Insensibly, the centre of gravity of apostolic Christianity changes; from the hypnotising contemplation of the Messianic future, it passes to the sanctifying meditation on the passion of Christ, on His teaching, and redeeming work. Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History 2012-01-01T03:00:07.953Z To imitate the movement of the top the centre of gravity is displaced from the point of support so as to give a preponderance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z The importance of the change of the centre of gravity and exchange from Venice to Antwerp lies therefore in this fact. The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 2011-12-24T03:07:52.717Z As we know, the principle of the conservation of the centre of gravity is now sometimes deduced from D'Alembert's principle with the help of that remark. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z Something, at any rate, in him wavered suddenly, as though a centre of gravity had shifted slightly. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z We can now reunite all these forces in their true centre of gravity, and the horse that bears the rassembler perfectly has all the necessary qualifications for the piaffer. New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. 2011-12-03T03:00:11.190Z A full-blown merger is expected by 2014 and the group's centre of gravity is shifting inexorably towards the United States. Analysis: Crisis-hit Italy tests Fiat's allegiance 2011-12-02T16:21:21Z In the next century the centre of gravity of Greek civilization shifts to the western side of the Aegean; in the 6th century it must be looked for at Miletus, rather than at Athens. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Out of their unknown and bosky depths Mohammed invariably rose to the surface with the buoyancy of a life-belt, calm and unmoved, for his spiritual centre of gravity always held him up. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z And his naturalism, materialism, Platonism, and atheism form a combination of which the centre of gravity is, I think, very deep. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z Means of bringing the centre of gravity in a badly-formed horse to the place it occupies in a well-formed one. New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. 2011-12-03T03:00:11.190Z When we restored the skull of this animal it was found that the centre of gravity lay back of the eye. Animals of the Past 2011-11-16T03:00:27.497Z A knife edge was fixed on the rod just above its centre of gravity, and this was supported so that the rod could vibrate about a vertical position. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z And in the Norse sagas themselves, the centre of gravity, as we have seen, is continually being moved farther to the south. Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland 2011-10-31T02:00:30.820Z The right hind foot strikes the ground some 36 inches in advance of the left hind, each as they land being forward of the centre of gravity. The Attitudes of Animals in Motion Illustrated with the Zoopraxiscope 2011-10-15T02:00:30.240Z Besides, his centre of gravity being where his forces are all united, we have brought it to its proper place, viz.: the middle of the body. New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. 2011-12-03T03:00:11.190Z Then, when the centre of gravity had been ascertained, the French divisions hurried thither, caught the enemy in the act of manœuvring and broke them up. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z "Remove the centre of gravity to Pesth," said King George with some bitterness, "as Bismarck advised." For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. II (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:49.420Z It was all very well for that to be set as far forward as it would go, because even then the centre of gravity of the rider would be well back on the horse. A Trooper Galahad 2011-10-12T02:00:53.977Z Meanwhile the poetic centre of gravity in Germany had shifted from Heidelberg to the extreme north-east, to K�nigsberg, where a group of academic poets gave practical expression to the Opitzian theory. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z It is easy now to understand where the resistances have their origin; whether the horse kicks up behind, rears, or runs away, the cause is always the centre of gravity being in the wrong place. New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. 2011-12-03T03:00:11.190Z If for any reason the earth’s centre of gravity were sensibly displaced, momentous geological changes would necessarily ensue. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z "A second centre of gravity will remain in Vienna," returned the King of Saxony, "and the balance of power between the two will create the future strength of Austria." For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. II (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:49.420Z The centre of gravity has shifted, and the people who do believe most heartily in Christianity are people outside the churches—men like Tolstoi, for example. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z On the more general point of foreign takeovers, he said: "When the centre of gravity moves elsewhere, it will always be tempting to scale back a British subsidiary when times are hard." Hewlett-Packard's takeover of Autonomy sparks fresh fears for UK business 2011-08-19T16:49:27Z If the horse kicks up, the centre of gravity is in the shoulders; in his croup when the animal rears, and too far forward when he runs away. New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. 2011-12-03T03:00:11.190Z That the centre of gravity does not coincide with the 650 centre of figure of the globe, but lies to the south of it, has long been known. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z His low centre of gravity – at 5ft 7in he is one inch shorter than Tevez – enables him to twist and turn quickly, driving away from opponents in confined spaces with his explosive pace. Why Manchester City want Sergio Ag?ero to replace Carlos Tevez 2011-07-18T21:05:36Z While his summarising of the talents of the Benin midfielder Stéphane Sessègnon – "He is a little packet of dynamite" with "a small centre of gravity" – was straight out of the top pocket. Is Avram Grant football's placebo effect? 2011-07-14T22:00:02Z If then, the earth and moon had no projectile force which prevented their mutual attraction from bringing them together, they would meet at their common centre of gravity. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z A. The reunion of forces at the centre of gravity. New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. 2011-12-03T03:00:11.190Z But certain rearrangements of the hydrosphere on the surface of the globe may, from time to time, cause a shifting of the centre of gravity, which will affect the level of the ocean. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z "Because the main engines are not right on the centre of gravity, the whole stack twangs; it moves," says Steven Lindsey, the commander on Discovery's final flight earlier this year. Thrill ride 2011-07-06T17:44:43Z We can only sit in one way, which we may perhaps slightly vary; but the centre of gravity must be kept within certain small limits. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z Or, more correctly speaking, because the centre of gravity common to both, is supported. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Is it not by this spurring, judiciously applied, that we bring in at will the hind legs more or less near the centre of gravity? New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. 2011-12-03T03:00:11.190Z It is very obvious to ask on this—Why should there be a catastrophe? and why should not the centre of gravity return gradually as it was gradually displaced? Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z The index is an aluminium needle strung on a fine platinum wire, passing through its centre of gravity, and stretched firmly between two points. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z "If I had not lain here so long already as to forget how to walk straightly and squarely, and to maintain the centre of gravity, this would not have happened." Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z When a stick is poised on the tip of the finger, is it not by supporting its centre of gravity? Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z They have not, like genius, one direction toward the centre of gravity, but they stand themselves at the gravitating point, so that the directions destroy each other. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z The indirect proof is drawn from the centripetal force in general, and the tendency that all bodies have in particular towards a centre of gravity. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z It signals a shift in the centre of gravity of cyberspace, as Asia becomes the biggest and fastest growing region for the internet. Google takes on Asia 2011-06-12T15:51:38Z "We need to orient our company to where the centre of gravity will be in the future," he told a press conference in Hong Kong by video link. Samsonite seeks HK share listing 2011-06-02T12:13:59Z Mrs. B. Yes; and it is because the centre of gravity is not supported, that spherical bodies roll down a slope. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z There could be no doubt that the new objective must be Paris, as the seat of the new Government and the centre of gravity, so to speak, of the whole country. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z During 10,500 years the ice accumulates at one pole and melts at the other, thereby displacing the earth's centre of gravity. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z True, Paris did see jobs migrate to New York and London after NYSE’s takeover of Euronext in 2007, but the centre of gravity was moving to bigger centres anyway. Stock exchanges: Maple fig-leaves 2011-05-19T11:03:06Z A very large proportion of stars are binaries—two suns revolve round their common centre of gravity. Are the Planets Inhabited? 2011-04-24T02:00:07.733Z A system of bodies, as the planets, may have a common centre of gravity, around which they revolve in their orbits; whilst each, like the earth, has its particular centre of gravity within itself. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Her centre of gravity lay outside of Germany; Prussia's lay within it. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z How well those foundations must be laid; a variation of a thousandth of a principle, projected through a thousand years, might swing the centre of gravity of society beyond its base! The Bail Jumper 2011-04-16T02:00:19.103Z “It is not just the centre of gravity of economic activity that is shifting to Asia -- the weight of financial assets is also shifting,” he said. RBA’s Stevens Sees China’s Share of Global GDP Approaching U.S. 2011-04-13T19:55:30Z Besides, there was a centre of gravity in the political force, resulting from a combination of the preponderant influences of Satcho, viz. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z Mrs. B. Infallibly; whenever the centre of gravity is unsupported, the body must fall. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z “We are undoubtedly seeing a shift in the centre of gravity,” said Fred Irwin, President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Frankfurt. Germany’s Future Rising in East as Exports to China Eclipse U.S. 2011-04-07T06:53:01Z Calvet said the centre of gravity was in London following a huge commitment from Britain to offshore technology. Spain's success abroad fails to create jobs at home 2011-04-01T12:08:25Z When he was out the team missed him more than they missed Gerrard or Torres; he was the centre of gravity. Small Talk 2011-04-01T09:55:34Z Extrapolating growth in almost 700 locations across Earth, this article projects the world’s economic centre of gravity to locate by 2050 literally between India and China. Economix: The World Economy Shifts Eastward 2011-03-24T13:30:14Z Bodies, then, should weigh less at the equator than at the poles, since they are more distant from the centre of gravity in the former than in the latter situation? Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Now the centre of gravity of B as a whole is known, and it may then be supposed to act as one mass at its centre of gravity. Archimedes Men of Science 2011-03-13T03:00:23.660Z The marquis asked him to study the position of the centre of gravity in solid bodies. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z “Regardless of costs of U.K. domicile, the centre of gravity is shifting to Asia.” HSBC Prefers to Remain in U.K., Says Talk of Move ‘Presumptuous’ 2011-03-07T10:23:04Z Observed from Earth’s surface, that economic centre of gravity will shift from its 1980 location 9,300 km or 1.5 times the radius of the planet. Economix: The World Economy Shifts Eastward 2011-03-24T13:30:14Z No, because a perpendicular line from that point falls within the wheels at D, and is supported by them; and when the centre of gravity is supported, the body will not fall. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Fortunate, most fortunate again, as in the hurry of the moment I had attached the rope below my own centre of gravity, that I was light-headed. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z He made a catalogue of double stars, and found by laborious calculations that such stars have a common centre of gravity; that one sun revolves about another. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z Second, taken together, a more powerful Welsh assembly and the Westminster government's planned reduction in Welsh MPs from 40 to 30 would likely produce a distinct shift in Wales's political centre of gravity. Welsh referendum 2011-02-28T06:29:09Z As far as their contents are concerned, Verhaeren's dramas show no deviation, no change of the inner centre of gravity, and his new dramatic style is in perfect harmony with his new lyric style. ?mile Verhaeren 2011-02-26T03:00:52.147Z The centre of gravity, therefore, is not always in the middle of a body. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z The desire to shake things up may be why he is said to be considering moving the company's "centre of gravity" to the US. Feeling the heat 2011-02-10T11:00:25Z His centre of gravity hardly seemed on earth is one way of expressing it. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z Stéphane's a little powerhouse with a low centre of gravity, some great dribbling skills and a good shot. Sunderland sign St?phane Sess?gnon for ?6m and Sulley Muntari on loan 2011-01-30T01:13:25Z He's a little powerhouse with a small centre of gravity, some great dribbling skills and a good shot. Sunderland pay ?6m for Sessegnon 2011-01-29T18:51:57Z Mrs. B. That depends upon the situation of the materials; if those which are most dense, occupy the lower part, the stability will be increased, as the centre of gravity will be near the base. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z The centre of gravity of the two latter is a fixed point independent of M0, and the line VK of the figure is the vertical through this point. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z The plane of the ecliptic is that plane in or near which the centre of gravity of the earth and moon revolves round the sun. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z The two main wheels, placed on either side of the centre of gravity, are fitted with patent "Oleopneumatic" shock absorbers. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913 2011-01-04T03:01:14.690Z In the new régime, the social centre of gravity was changed. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z Bodies that have a narrow base are easily upset, for if they are a little inclined, their centre of gravity is no longer supported, as you may perceive in fig. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z But the importance of these modifications is something more than the doubt which they have thrown on WH’s theories: they have really shifted the centre of gravity of the textual problem. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z "The diamond industry's centre of gravity is shifting and tonight we see it shifting here." Botswana 2010-11-30T10:51:31Z Some worry that under Mr Esteves, who made his name as a star trader, the firm’s centre of gravity might shift towards trading rather than client-driven business. Finance after the crisis: Pactual: The origins of a new species 2010-08-26T10:50:00Z The centre of gravity is initially going up, slows down and then starts coming down. The Knowledge: Footballers playing under the influence 2010-08-24T23:06:00Z It is because the momentum in the longest, is greater than in the shortest arm; the centre of gravity, therefore, is no longer supported. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z The panel said that New Orleans was most appropriate because Louisiana is the "geographic and psychological centre of gravity" for the litigation. BP halts Deepwater drilling as storm looms 2010-08-11T19:10:00Z The shift in the craft's centre of gravity is symbolised by America's Got Talent winner Terry Faton, an all-round entertainer and singer whose ventriloquism act nonetheless plays with taboos surrounding race and sex. Return of the dummy run 2010-05-25T11:35:00Z The centre of gravity has shifted to Google, Apple, Research in Motion, Microsoft. Yahoo and Nokia join forces in bid to challenge Google and Apple 2010-05-24T18:57:00Z As a left-back with a low centre of gravity, his sharpness on the turn and intelligent covering were features of his game. Bayern Munich v Manchester United: David Pleat's key clashes 2010-03-30T13:46:00Z Bodies have also another centre, called the centre of gravity, which I shall explain to you; but at present we must confine ourselves to the axis of motion. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Less than a federation, more than a confederation, it lacks any centre of gravity, any fixed frontiers. Europe needs a single government | Robert Skidelsky 2010-03-23T12:00:00Z But not everyone believes the centre of gravity in computing will shift to smart phones. App boom 2010-03-21T15:28:00Z When jolted in a rapidly moving car, we involuntarily step forward or backward, so as to preserve the centre of gravity of the body. A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers These were:— First, the law of the conservation of the centre of gravity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" It will involve a far greater shifting of centres of gravity, political and commercial, a more radical readjustment of ideas and points of view than the Suez Canal. The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise If the beam is disturbed by a small addition of weight to either scale, and exhibits no tendency to resume the horizontal position, we may infer that the centre of gravity is above the fulcrum. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis The centre of gravity in a well-balanced violin bow should be at 19 cm. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" One would have supposed that the centre of gravity would have brought the back undermost. The Squirrels and other animals Illustrations of the habits and instincts of many of the smaller British quadrupeds Hence their centre of gravity changes continually, and they turn over and assume very irregular shapes. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology For a generation after 1870 Germany, though armed, had been pacific because secure; her economic centre of gravity lay within. American World Policies The mind being dormant and the centre of gravity undisturbed by mental misgivings, however unconscious, he ascended safely. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt In order to counterbalance the consequent increased weight of the head and to keep the centre of gravity nearer the hand, Tourte loaded the nut with metal inlays or ornamental designs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" Herr Major, I pledge myself to explain to you the law of the centre of gravity and of the line of gravitation. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine In assigning a cause for the general deluge, he preferred a change in the earth's centre of gravity to the introduction of earthquakes. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Thus the entire travellers could assemble together without disturbing the centre of gravity of the structure. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar She recognized that the centre of gravity of the government had passed permanently from Rome to Constantinople, and that consequently the best policy was to keep at peace the peoples of the East. Women of Early Christianity In rough weather she drew too much water, sometimes fore, sometimes aft, which showed that her centre of gravity was not rightly adjusted. Toilers of the Sea He who places the centre of gravity of his being outside of himself, on something upon which he leans, falls when that support is removed. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Some of those which are now single consisted then of two separate bodies, often distinguished by different colors, and revolving periodically round a common centre of gravity. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology On the whole, however, what may be called the speculative centre of gravity of Great Britain’s export business in cotton goods is not in Manchester but abroad. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" But these buckets, unlike elevator buckets, which are bolted on to a band or chain, are free to move on the axis on which they are suspended above their centre of gravity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" The paddles were well placed, a little in advance of the centre of gravity of the vessel. Toilers of the Sea Be firm in yourself, keep your centre of gravity in yourself, learn to know and to rightly value yourself and the world around you. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine That our Sun has a motion in space, independently of its rotation, and revolution about the system’s centre of gravity, has long been suspected. Eureka: A Prose Poem Whether the centre of gravity in Consistency Logic should not be shifted back from Syllogism to Definition, the latter being the true centre of consistency, is another question. Logic, Inductive and Deductive The centre of gravity of the fire should be a little above the centre of gravity of the joint. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" For each Fahrenheit degree of temperature the centre of gravity of the bob is lowered by the expansion of the rod about 1⁄4000 of an inch. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" He knew nothing of turning an antagonist from his centre of gravity by a well-timed and well-directed touch. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III Neither is the Sun absolutely the centre of the system; for this Sun itself, with all the planets, revolves about a perpetually shifting point of space, which is the system’s general centre of gravity. Eureka: A Prose Poem For there is no centre of gravity common to Freedom and Slavery. The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence An animal has his own powers of loco-motion—he moves on his own centre of gravity—and, though the earth is his stage and the place of his origin, yet he is an independent Microcosm. A Morning's Walk from London to Kew This tends to keep the centre of gravity down. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" The stability is surer because the centre of gravity is lower, the wind resistance is less, and the method is safer and better, if it is not so dignified. Old Plymouth Trails The centre of gravity is thus made low, and if you experiment a little and have a little skill, and a steady hand you can balance the whole on a pencil's point. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes He soon sees its practical significance, takes care to follow its manifest expression, and to observe with more care the centre of gravity. Froebel's Gifts The propulsion or vibration of the head puts the entire muscular system in motion, disturbs the balance on the centre of gravity, and so effects the sublime purposes of loco-motion in all animals. A Morning's Walk from London to Kew He sat down with violence on a spot immediately below the proposed centre of gravity of the chair. When Ghost Meets Ghost This definite tonality is the "centre of gravity," so to speak, about which the whole composition revolves. Music: An Art and a Language Opposition was overborne in due time, and the Act of Union shifted the national centre of gravity farther west. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France A thoroughgoing egotist must think himself the centre of gravity of the world, and all change of relations must mean that others have moved away from him. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) The moving head is, in truth, one of the extremities of that compound animal lever, whose fulcrum is the centre of gravity. A Morning's Walk from London to Kew To this motive we can trace the modern tendency to transfer the doctrinal centre of gravity from the Passion to the incarnation. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology To elevate this weight to 38 metres, which is the pyramid's centre of gravity, it would require to burn 8244 hectolitres of coal. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 Observe, however, that their respective motions will be deflected, not towards one side of the common centre of gravity, but towards various sides. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I In a word, it by degrees displaced the centre of gravity in political life by investing the episcopate with a large portion of temporal attributions. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I "My boy!" he shouted, bringing his hand down upon Norman's shoulder so suddenly as for a moment to transfer his centre of gravity beyond the base of support. A Tangled Tale A moment comes when the centre of gravity of these masses is displaced, and then they are completely overturned. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories Moreover, when a planet possesses a satellite, it is not the centre of the planet which ever attempts to describe the Keplerian ellipse, but it is the common centre of gravity of the two bodies. Pioneers of Science Hence a tendency which, apart from other tendencies, will cause them severally to go on one or other side of the centre of gravity, and, approaching it, to get motions more and more tangential. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I In the same manner the planets and the sun revolve around the centre of gravity of the solar system, which is a point within the body of the sun. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language The centre of gravity of public affairs must lie somewhere or other. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) The common centre of gravity of a binary system is situated on a line between both stars, and distant from each in inverse proportion to their respective masses. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' But now it may be asked, surely the moon perturbs the earth, swinging it round their common centre of gravity, and really describing its own orbit about this point instead of about the earth's centre? Pioneers of Science If the whole nebula is but small, the local groups of flocculi may be drawn into the common centre of gravity before their constituent masses have coalesced with one another. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I It should here be noted that the moon does not actually revolve around the centre of gravity of the earth. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language Finally, it is evident that the centre of gravity of these two factors is no longer in the same position. Cavalry in Future Wars The two pairs are believed to be physically connected, and revolve round their common centre of gravity in a period of time not much under one million years. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' The Fourth Estate in Germany, says Riehl, has its centre of gravity not, as in England and France, in the day laborers and factory operatives, and still less in the degenerate peasantry. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete And, as the coalescence and concentration go on, the constituent masses will gradually become fewer, larger, brighter, and more densely collected around the common centre of gravity. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I What really happens is that both orbs revolve around their common centre of gravity, which is a point within the body of the earth, and situated about three thousand miles from its centre. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language It appears to me that the real centre of gravity in this question of organization lies less in this permanent constitution of the Division in Peace than people generally imagine. Cavalry in Future Wars But in reality both stars move in opposite directions, and at rates inversely as their masses round their common centre of gravity. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition In the course of so many centuries and so many successive displacements of the political centre of gravity, the order of precedence of the Mesopotamian gods was often changed. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 The thing is rather unwieldy, because of the weight, and is liable to heel over, owing to the excessive height of the centre of gravity. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Also, if there did exist an infinite number of stars, one would expect to find evidence in some direction of an overpoweringly great force,—the centre of gravity of all these bodies. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language Don’t ever call yourself useless, dear, you are the centre of gravity for Stephen and me.’ A Princess in Calico The centre of gravity of the political world lay in the House of Commons. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. The centre of gravity shifted far in the revolutionary direction. Lectures on the French Revolution Herschel's discovery shows that this explanation will not always answer, but that in many cases we really have two stars close together, and in motion round their common centre of gravity. The Story of the Heavens Comets, in the first place, are always so diffuse, that it is impossible to determine their exact position, or, rather, the exact position of that important point within them, known as the centre of gravity. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language It does not matter greatly whether we prefer to regard Christianity as a centre of gravity, or a point of balance. G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study This change somewhat altered the centre of gravity of the Presbytery. Chronicles of Strathearn The subsequent capital of Assyria may have been the most easterly possession of the kingdom of Hanirabbat-Mitani, the centre of gravity of which lay farther westward. The Tell El Amarna Period It has been proved that the motion of each of the stars is performed in an ellipse which contains the centre of gravity of the two stars in its focus. The Story of the Heavens It is a binary system, the component bodies revolving around their common centre of gravity in a period of about two hundred years. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language Nevertheless, Christianity was centrifugal rather than centripetal; it was not a mere average, but a centre of gravity; not a compromise, but a conflict. G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study In more senses than one Phil Stanley's room is a centre of gravity. Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier Though England was still but a northern province of a kingdom, whose metropolis was Rouen, yet that kingdom was becoming rather top-heavy, and inclined to shift its centre of gravity northwards. Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England Each path is, in fact, an ellipse, and they must have a common focus at the centre of gravity of the two bodies, considered as a single system. The Story of the Heavens Safety requires this point to be above the centre of gravity. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The centre of gravity was suddenly shifted, and at a single stride the danger passed from the southeast of Europe to the northwest. World's War Events, Vol. I In fact, religion, true or false, is and ever has been the centre of gravity in a realm to which all other things must and will accommodate themselves.' The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill But if the earth is supposed to move, the earth and moon together will be revolved about their common centre of gravity. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science His mathematical demonstrations with their diagrams, wherein he works out the centre of gravity, are too technical for insertion. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch Those frames or bends of timber, of an equal capacity or area, which are equally distant from the ship's centre of gravity. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. T was Adolphe Quetelet, Astronomer-Royal of Belgium, who in the seventies of the last century attempted to prove that "the average man is to a nation what the centre of gravity is to a body." Notes on Islam The numbers, however, kept on increasing, and presently games were projected in my immediate vicinity, as though I were the centre of gravity, or the hub of the universe. The Idler Magazine, Volume III, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly At the age of 24 a learned treatise on the centre of gravity of solids led to a lectureship at Pisa University. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science Great changes had occurred in the country in the last few years, its centre of gravity was shifting, and the election in November would decide many things. The Candidate A Political Romance That point in a ship where a vertical line drawn from the centre of cavity cuts a line perpendicular to the keel, passing through the centre of gravity. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The art of balancing, therefore, simply consists in dexterously altering the centre of gravity upon every new position of the body, so as constantly to preserve the line of direction within the base. The Book of Sports: Containing Out-door Sports, Amusements and Recreations, Including Gymnastics, Gardening & Carpentering The experiment, however, was ineffective; for, in order that the magnet may rest in a horizontal position, its centre of gravity must be at unequal distances from the two points of support. A Study of Recent Earthquakes This is obtained by having air chambers of large size, both at the bow and stern, placed high above the centre of gravity. A Yacht Voyage Round England At twenty we are all furious egoists; at forty or thereabouts—and especially if we have children, as at forty every man ought—our centre of gravity has completely shifted. From a Cornish Window A New Edition The centre of gravity of a ship is that point about which all parts of the body, in any situation, balance each other. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. All feats of balancing depend upon the centre of gravity being uniformly preserved in one position. The Book of Sports: Containing Out-door Sports, Amusements and Recreations, Including Gymnastics, Gardening & Carpentering Is the centre of gravity fixed, or is it shifting in the flight of rockets? James Cutbush An American Chemist, 1788-1823 Death does a great deal for a man in advancing him in the scale of being, and in changing the centre of gravity, as it were, of this life. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John Only the centre of gravity has shifted, so to speak. From a Cornish Window A New Edition The centre of gravity of the displacement relates to the part of the ship under water, considered as homogeneous. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The centre of gravity is that point, about which all the other parts exactly balance each other. The Book of Sports: Containing Out-door Sports, Amusements and Recreations, Including Gymnastics, Gardening & Carpentering So that Centrifugal Force will imply a motion from the centre; Centripetal Force a motion whose effect is ever towards the centre of gravity of any body. Aether and Gravitation Previous to magnetization, a dipping needle, when its centre of gravity is supported, stands accurately level; but, after magnetization, one end of it, in our latitude, is pulled towards the north pole of the earth. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 It is not easy for a large person who is lying on her back, with her foot doubled up under her, to find her centre of gravity. Cricket at the Seashore A big strike will shift the centre of gravity of the whole white population in a few months. Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska Everything that is en rapport with all other things: the pebble cast from the hand alters the centre of gravity in the Universe. No Animal Food and Nutrition and Diet with Vegetable Recipes Now the force of gravity decreases upwards from the earth's surface inversely as the square of the distance from the earth's centre of gravity, but decreases downwards simply as the distance from the centre decreases. Aether and Gravitation He understood the doctrine of the centre of gravity, and applied it to the investigation of balances and steelyards. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 The result is that the centre of gravity of the story is now shifted. John Lyly Iditarod City sprang into life as the largest "city" of the interior; the centre of gravity of the population of the interior of Alaska was shifted a thousand miles in a month. Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska I should be sorry to believe it, but I am obliged to admit that age, even with good people, changes to a large extent their centre of gravity from hope to faith. Men in the Making Even its centre of gravity is so adjusted that, in falling from the sheath, the germ is in the very best position for its future growth. Parables of the Christ-life It is now conclusively established that the centre of gravity of our national population has crossed the Appalachian chain. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 In our Lord's teaching the centre of gravity is entirely changed. Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics As the centre of gravity of the world's civilization now stands, this seems the most rational beginning. The Task of Social Hygiene The centre of gravity shifted to the north, where preparations on a vast scale were pushed forward for the main attack in Flanders, which opened on 31st July. The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.) Martha played the most inconsiderate pranks with its centre of gravity, but quite in vain. The Daughters of Danaus I resolved to listen, while the skipper eyed the barometer, and we all rocked back and forth in search of the centre of gravity, looking like a troupe of mechanical blockheads nodding in idiotic unison. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 As the waves cut away the base, the centre of gravity is thrown out, and the whole berg turns over with a terrible crash. The Ocean and its Wonders The home is the centre of gravity of their existence, round which everything else revolves. Impressions of a War Correspondent There's some mighty good engineering shown in the way the centre of gravity of that stone has been calculated; and there's a good mechanism in the way it's hung. The Aztec Treasure-House He was leaning over, his centre of gravity being considerably beyond the perpendicular, when a heavy sea struck the vessel, and threw her nearly on her beam-ends, pitching Paul right over the table to leeward. The King's Own From these calculations it will appear that both the "centre of gravity" and the line that divides the population in half are more than one hundred and fifty miles west of the Appalachian chain. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 To find the personal centre of gravity in the world is to master life, to fail to find it is to be mastered by life. Spirit and Music To turn aside this flow, an earthquake would be necessary to change the mountain’s centre of gravity.” The Secret of the Island Entering public life with vehement aversion to the recent dislodgment of the landed aristocracy as the mainspring of parliamentary power, he lent himself to two further enormously extensive changes in the constitutional centre of gravity. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 Sir George White's force," wrote Spencer Wilkinson, on the 18th October, "is the centre of gravity of the situation. Story of the War in South Africa 1899-1900 London was the centre of gravity of the west front, and of Canadian Ministers. The Masques of Ottawa When this odd gesture betides them, they are scratching themselves with one foot, and thus lose the centre of gravity. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 He went up the hill with a new centre of gravity: so different is a load in the pocket from a load on the heart. Major Vigoureux "Well," said the predecessor, apologetically, "to tell the truth, whenever I used that machine I found it advisable to drive a nail through the centre of gravity." Memories and Studies Women's Work in Philanthropy.—In philanthropy there has been so great a transformation both in ideal and in method that 295it amounts to a change in the centre of gravity. The Family and it's Members It is a mathematical fact that the casting 185of this pebble from my hand alters the centre of gravity of the Universe. Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History The reason is plain, their wings are placed too forward out of the true centre of gravity, as the legs of auks and divers are situated too backward. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 The earth’s interior was, in Lamarck’s opinion, solid, formed of quartzose and silicious rocks, and its centre of gravity did not coincide with its geographical centre, or what he calls the centre de forme. Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work If it revolves about a vertical axis its centre of gravity must always lie in that axis; if it rolls the centre of gravity must always lie over the abutment. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" As is self-evident, the centre of gravity of the book lies in that which forms its subject proper, in the account of the origin of dogma within the Græco-Roman empire. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) That means that our centre of gravity is not exactly in line with the centre of the earth. A Honeymoon in Space Now without that steady prop to support its steps it must be liable, in speculation, to perpetual vacillations, and seldom able to preserve the true centre of gravity. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 If Danton and the popular insurrectional force were for the moment defeated, Robespierre and intellectual democracy were making rapid headway; the centre of gravity of revolutionary opinion was shifting in his direction. The French Revolution A Short History Paul simply shifted the centre of gravity of that whole life to a place behind this existence—in the lie of the “risen” Jesus. The Antichrist As a result of this, the centre of gravity of the moon was supposed to be farther from us than the actual centre of her globe. The Reminiscences of an Astronomer We shall have our centre of gravity back soon. A Honeymoon in Space Eventually this slow movement of the atoms towards their common centre of gravity will bring about phenomena of another order. A Candid Examination of Theism I seemed utterly to lose my centre of gravity, while my head was in a sort of whirl, like that of a drunken man. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth When the centre of gravity of life is placed, not in life itself, but in “the beyond”—in nothingness—then one has taken away its centre of gravity altogether. The Antichrist It is now necessary to prove that the axis of the vortex will still pass through the centre of gravity of the earth and moon. Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence This terrace is, so to speak, the centre of gravity of the whole. Lourdes The meaning of Aquinas is that mediaevalism was always seeking a centre of gravity. Gilbert Keith Chesterton Essentially a maritime and commercial Power, their centre of gravity lay so far east that it was once proposed to move the capital from the Lagoons to the Bosphorus. Lectures on Modern history The centre of gravity of the system would now be determined not by two distinct bodies, but by three. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography Let XX now represent the axis of the lunar orbit, and C the centre of gravity of the earth and moon, X′X′ the axis of the vortex, and KCR the inclination of this axis. Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence He is the centre of gravity drawing every one, in ever growing nearness and meaning, to Himself. Quiet Talks on Following the Christ But in our days of so called democratic equality the centre of gravity of this power has shifted from the leader to the multitude. Catholic Problems in Western Canada Turkey, meanwhile, and Constantinople, retire to a rather remote horizon, and the Mussulman centre of gravity is as it were shifted from the north and west towards the south and east. The Future of Islam In proportion as the two bodies might approach each other in size, the centre of gravity would come the nearer to the middle point in a line connecting the two spheres. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography We have represented the axis of the terral vortex as continually passing through the centre of gravity of the earth and moon. Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence While carrying these primitive weapons, the fingers closed around the centre of gravity, that naturally being more convenient, but when about to hurl them, the hand was shoved further toward the head. The Land of Mystery The explanation of this is the fact that the centre of gravity has been shifted from mental and moral racial qualities to qualities which are far inferior in mental and moral potency and content. An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy He does not suppose that the mutual attractions of originally immovable bodies must ultimately reduce all the bodies to a state of rest around their common centre of gravity. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men The supposition that a bright sun and a relatively dark sun might revolve around a common centre of gravity may at first sight seem improbable. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography When the moon is at her perigee, the axis of the vortex passes through the centre of gravity of the earth and moon at C, and cuts off the segment RR. Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence Only by the strongest effort of the will is one able to rid oneself of the notion that the centre of gravity is about to plunge one off head first into blue space. The Killer The centre of gravity of life has now been shifted from the outward to the inward. An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy In general, the two most considerable bodies would unite together, while the third would revolve around their common centre of gravity. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men Thenceforth the two bodies were parted, except for the gravitative attraction which impelled them to revolve about their common centre of gravity, and except for the light and heat they might exchange with one another. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography It was obvious that the centre of gravity of so enormous a weight being brought to the side would imperil the stability of the vessel. A Day's Tour A Journey through France and Belgium by Calais, Tournay, Orchies, Douai, Arras, Béthune, Lille, Comines, Ypres, Hazebrouck, Berg One thing was certain: the Projectile had not yet commenced to fall directly towards her surface; its base, in which its centre of gravity lay, was still turned away considerably from the perpendicular. All Around the Moon The history of human society, in a very large measure, is the history of shifting the centre of gravity of life alternately from the Whole to the Parts and vice versa. An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy Afterwards, he asked me to determine the centre of gravity of a spherical sector. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men The centre of gravity of political work has been shifted from Calcutta, Poona, and Lahore to Paris, Geneva, Berlin, London, and New York. Indian Unrest The centre of gravity of the island shifts at this point, accordingly, from Minster to Ramsgate. Science in Arcady "Not at all," said the Captain; "the Projectile, having its centre of gravity very low, will turn upside down by degrees." All Around the Moon When the centre of gravity remains in some kind of Whole, a number of individuals move towards the same goal, and much that is subjective has to be shifted to the background of life. An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy In the second book he treats of the law of gravitation, and the movements of the centres of gravity of the celestial bodies. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men The importance of the change of the centre of gravity and exchange from Venice to Antwerp, therefore, lies in this fact. If Not Silver, What? Nobody ever saw him in any position out of the proper centre of gravity. Winter Evening Tales Just as our atmosphere becomes ever less dense according to its distance from the earth's centre of gravity, so this fifth element, as one retires farther from the city of Munich. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 The centre of gravity of life must be laid in what may be known and experienced between these two poles. An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy The fifth book is devoted to the investigation of the movements of the celestial bodies around their centres of gravity. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men Only gradually as they approach maturity do they cut loose from the scaffolding and depend upon their own centre of gravity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 The particular name matters little, it has a centre of gravity. The Education of Catholic Girls The centre of gravity of this fifth element seems to be in the city of Munich, the capital of the kingdom. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 We are consequently led to the higher aspects of history where the centre of gravity of the matter lies in the relations of wills. An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy He conveys incidentally an impression of the body of literature produced in recent years, in which it is assumed, sometimes with embitterment, that the centre of gravity of Christianity is outside the Church. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant One is inclined to prophesy that within a moderately short period—say a dozen years—the centre of gravity of the book market will be rudely shifted. Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 They discovered, in time, that its centre of gravity was too highly pitched and must be brought nearer the earth. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans Revolution, the movement of bodies about their centre of gravity. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work It appeared to be so poised, with the pole above the centre of gravity, that it could not be turned over. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East The centre of gravity of the Gospel was changed from life to doctrine, from morals to metaphysics, from goodness to orthodoxy. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant Your spiritual centre of gravity has got to shift. Captivity But it was enormously intensified by the shifting of the centre of gravity of Irish politics, industry, and fashion from Dublin to London. The Open Secret of Ireland Let us now leap to the grander idea that all the innumerable stars of a winter night not only loan, but must revolve about some centre of gravity. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work For these reasons I think Sir George White's force the centre of gravity of the situation. Lessons of the War Being Comments from Week to Week to the Relief of Ladysmith Never, I fear, will this nation and the colonies fall back upon their true centre of gravity, and natural point of repose, until the ideas of 1766 are resumed, and steadily pursued. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) The movement of conscience has veered; the centre of gravity lies in another part of the character. The Life of Reason To him we owe the conception of the law of the conservation of energy, of the motion of the centre of gravity, and of the undulatory theory of light. History of Holland Binary system, a double star, the component parts of which revolve around their centre of gravity. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work The centre of gravity is in Natal, where the greater part of the Boer army and the greater part of the British force in South Africa are confronting one another. Lessons of the War Being Comments from Week to Week to the Relief of Ladysmith Such instances show you just where the centre of gravity is,—and it is a matter of gravity indeed, for it is a very grave matter! The New Freedom A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People For a great part of the time, the Court House, the centre of gravity for the county, appeared to doze in the sunshine. Lewis Rand In any case the centre of gravity of the machine without the rubber motor should be situated 1 inch behind the front or entering edge of the main plane. Things To Make A subsidiary cause of tides is found in the revolution of the earth and moon about their common centre of gravity. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work The centre of gravity is in Natal, for there is the principal Boer army, probably two-thirds of the whole Boer power, and there, too, a whole British division is invested. Lessons of the War Being Comments from Week to Week to the Relief of Ladysmith Attempts to determine the centre of gravity of the volume of the lands upheaved above the level p 21 of the sea. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 The children are apt to fall heavily when the centre of gravity is suddenly displaced, because their upright posture is maintained by balancing the trunk upon the support of the pelvis. The Nervous Child The woman who to one man is no more than the sub-stratum of frock and bonnet, is to another man the centre of gravity of the created cosmos. Hints for Lovers Its centre of gravity is thirty-three miles beyond its centre of magnitude, which is the same in effect as if a mountain of that enormous height rose on the earth side. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work But I can be cheerful, with a cheerfulness which has found the centre of gravity. Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts He meant that every individual in all the world should have the centre of gravity of his thinking shifted. The Jesus of History I don't exactly know what this was for; but he was always talking about centres of gravity, displacement of fluid, and Lord knows what. Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 It was about the metacentrum, the centre of gravity in ship construction. William of Germany The meaning of these double stars is that two or more suns revolve about their centre of gravity, as the moon and earth about their centre. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work Therefore it could not form the centre of gravity of Persian life although there is no doubt that in several respects in this province there were preserved typical features of Sasanian antiquity. Iranian Influence on Moslem Literature, Part I "No," said Barbicane, "because the centre of gravity in the projectile is very low, and it will turn over gradually." The Moon-Voyage The true centre of gravity for man is not downward, nor inward, but upward and outward. Quiet Talks about Jesus That is to say, the Frenchman's centre of gravity is always outside him,--he is always thinking of others, playing to the gallery. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 They both, revolving on their axes and around their centre of gravity, sweep in a vastly wider curve around the sun. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work Obviously the centre of gravity is no longer in the West—it's in the East. The Pretty Lady She is like a pendulum, the centre of gravity of which is towards the terrestrial globe, and which oscillates regularly. The Moon-Voyage Yes," replied the widow, rising up with difficulty from the hole made with her own centre of gravity; "and--and his master shall go too. Snarleyyow Man is deposed from his superior position, and the centre of gravity of the work passes into the baton of the conductor. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 The enthusiasm for Poland was not unnatural when the centre of gravity of Germany was still far towards the West. Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire But beyond the Bosphorus the frontier included the whole body of Anatolia as far as Taurus and Euphrates, and here was the centre of gravity both of the Romaic state and of the Romaic nation. The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey Hence the consequence due to the calculations of Hausen, that its centre of gravity is situated in the other hemisphere. The Moon-Voyage Minos.—Tell me then—is every centre of gravity a point? The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson) The strange title, too, has served to divert attention from the real centre of gravity. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Your hot bath and hot breakfast, dear, were just camouflage to keep from you, the centre of gravity, our desperate straits. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 26, 1919 The formation of a reserve makes it very difficult for the commander to fix the centre of gravity of the battle according to circumstances and his own judgment. Germany and the Next War Here and there you see a pair of Wellington-booted legs dangling over the back of one chair, while the owner thereof is supporting his centre of gravity on another. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Minos.—Let us now consider the centre of gravity of a flea. The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson) The emotional centre of gravity's not the same in the two hemispheres. The Custom of the Country There was also a 'sliding weight' which was movable to any required position to shift the centre of gravity as desired. A History of Aeronautics Of course, a certain centre of gravity for the battle may be obtained by assigning to one part of the troops a wider and to the other a narrower space for deployment. Germany and the Next War To overcome this the float is set well forward of the centre of gravity, and though this counteracts the thrust when the craft "taxies" along the waves, it endangers its fore-and-aft stability when aloft. The Mastery of the Air But if at last it rotate far enough for its centre of gravity to pass beyond surface A altogether, the body will fall over, on surface B, say, and abide there permanently. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature I reasoned it out from my knowledge of mechanics, and came to the conclusion that the centre of gravity was a certain bright spot of metal which I could just see under the cross-bars. Mr. Standfast It merely consists in causing the centre of pressure to coincide with the centre of gravity.' A History of Aeronautics In case of defeat her centre of gravity is not shifted. Germany and the Next War Each of the gentler ones clung to the arm of her partner so tightly as to have with him one step, rise, swing, gait, almost one centre of gravity. The Woodlanders The mineral matter that formed the globe had converged towards its centre of gravity, and the arrestment of the momentum of the coalescing particles resulted in intense heat. James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography The underlying principle is that the centre of gravity shall at all times be on the same vertical line as the centre of pressure. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 The first attempt resulted in landing after a glide of only a few yards, indicating that the centre of gravity was too far in front of the centre of pressure. A History of Aeronautics But as if at a signal every sail was furled, the arms folded, the body drawn in, the shells turned over, changing their centre of gravity, and the whole fleet disappeared under the waves. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea The least burden would disturb his centre of gravity and pull him downwards. Les Misérables The brain gets muddled, the head grows heavy, and the body's centre of gravity seems to settle by degrees in a leaden lump somewhere between the eyebrows and the crown. Far from the Madding Crowd From the beginning to the end of an evolution which lasted centuries the centre of gravity of the disjointed, scattered, and floating forces of ancient Russia perpetually changed its place. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 Begin with spiders, with flies, with what we will, girl is the centre of gravity, and we all naturally tend to it. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3 When icebergs are undermined at their base by warmer water or reiterated shocks their centre of gravity rises, and the whole thing turns over. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea It is a mathematical fact that the casting of this pebble from my hand alters the centre of gravity of the universe. Thomas Carlyle In the act of seizing the hare the short-necked dog may lose the centre of gravity and fall. The Dog This accumulation, it is claimed, would so change the earth's centre of gravity as to cause all the equatorial warm waters to flow southward instead of northward, as they now do. Life: Its True Genesis If the truth came to her, it would come through knowing intimately some one—different; through—how shall I put it?—an imperceptible shifting of her centre of gravity. The Greater Inclination It deceived the strong who to-day could have captured fortune and happiness, transferring life's centre of gravity to the future, to a dreamland that does not exist, and that none of them will ever see. Sanine It would take an earthquake to so change the centre of gravity of the mountain as to modify this slope.” The Mysterious Island Mrs. Flutter Budget always enters a drawing-room as if she were a loaded doll, tossed in by the usher, and goes dodging and tipping about to get her centre of gravity, without getting it. Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays Do you not perceive, ignorant fellow, the causes of your fall, and that it proceeds from your having deviated from the fixed point which we call the centre of gravity? The Learned Women In ascending it was difficult to keep the feet on the ratlins, and in descending, it required a strong effort to force the body down towards the centre of gravity. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale "It would be curious to investigate," said Roberto, "just how far poverty has served as centre of gravity for the degradation of these men." The Quest |
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