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

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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.

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

The centre of gravity of any cylinder is the point of bisection of the axis.

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