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The centre of gravity of any hemisphere [is on the straight line which] is its axis, and divides the said straight line in such a way that the portion of it adjacent to the surface of the hemisphere has to the remaining portion the ratio which 5 has to 3.

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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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