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It follows at once from the last proposition that the centre of gravity of any triangle is at the intersection of the lines drawn from any two angles to the middle points of the opposite sides respectively.

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The centre of gravity of any parallelogram lies on the straight line joining the middle points of opposite sides.

The centre of gravity of a parallelogram is the point of intersection of its diagonals.

In any triangle the centre of gravity lies on the straight line joining any angle to the middle point of the opposite side.

Give me a place to stand, and I shall move the world.

Two magnitudes whether commensurable or incommensurable, balance at distances reciprocally proportional to the magnitudes.

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