At 9:56 AM -0700 4/27/98, R. A. Greiner wrote:
>...
>Perfect balance is obtained when the center of gravity of the whole
>conglomeration of things is exactly one the point where the RA and Dec axes
>cross.
>...
>I hope this descussion helps you grasp the basic concept ...

It never ceases to amaze me why balancing is so difficult to understand for
so many people. I think the root of the problem is that the "seesaws" we
all played on as kids didn't tilt up high enough for balance in the other
dimension to be significant :)

Or maybe it's that in this age of microchips and lasers no one understands
basic mechanics anymore. I don't want to compute how many decades it's
been since I was in school but even back then I had no courses in mechanics
(and I have an engineering degree). Maybe in Doc's day .... :-)

---
Bill Arnett "Science is a way of trying
San Jose, CA USA not to fool yourself." -- Feynman

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