by Corry Shores
[Search Blog Here. Index-tags are found on the bottom of the left column.]
[Mathematics, Calculus, Geometry, Entry Directory]
[“On the Equilibrium of Planes”, Entry Directory]
Archimedes
On the Equilibrium of Planes
or
The Centres of Gravity of Planes,
Book I
Proposition 1
[The following is quotation]
P1. Weights which balance at equal distances are equal.
For, if they are unequal, take away from the greater the difference between the two. The remainders will then not balance [Post. 3]; which is absurd. Therefore the weights cannot be unequal.
From:
Archimedes. “On the Equilibrium of Planes or The Centres of Gravity of Planes, Book I”. In The Works of Archimedes. Ed. T.L. Heath. Cambridge UP, 1897. Obtained at
https://archive.org/details/worksofarchimede00arch
No comments:
Post a Comment