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"In any triangle the centre of gravity lies on the straight line joining any angle to the middle point of the opposite side."
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ArchimedesHow many theorems in geometry which have seemed at first impracticable — Archimedes
"How many theorems in geometry which have seemed at first impracticable are in time successfully worked out!"
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Archimedes of Syracuse was an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor from the city of Syracuse in Sicily. Although few details of his life are known, based on his surviving work, he is considered one of the leading scientists in classical antiquity, and one of the greatest mathematicians of all time. Archimedes anticipated modern calculus and analysis by applyin
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"The centre of gravity of any cylinder is the point of bisection of the axis."
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"The centre of gravity of a parallelogram is the point of intersection of its diagonals."
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"If two equal weights have not the same centre of gravity, the centre of gravity of both taken together is at the middle point of the line joining their centres of gravity."
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"Equal weights at equal distances are in equilibrium and equal weights at unequal distances are not in equilibrium but incline towards the weight which is at the greater distance."
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"Two magnitudes whether commensurable or incommensurable, balance at distances reciprocally proportional to the magnitudes."
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