CENTRE OF MASS
By Eeshan Baheti In this new physics blog, I will be going to show you about the topic of centre of mass in physics. In this blog, I will also show some example tutorials to make the topic understand more further. So let's begin into the topic of centre of mass. History of Centre of Mass The concept of centre of mass in physics in the form of centre of gravity was first introduced by the great Greek physicist, mathematician and engineer Archimedes of Syracuse. He worked with simplified assumptions about gravity that amount to a uniform field which thus, made the arrival of he mathematical properties that is known today as centre of mass. Archimedes showed that the torque exerted on the lever by weights resting at various points along the lever is the same as what it would be if all of the weights were moved to a single point which is the centre of mass. In work of floating bodies, he demonstrated that the orientation of a floating object i...
