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EQUILIBRIUM (from the Lat. aequus, equal, and libra, a balance), a condition of equal balance between opposite or counteracting forces. By the " sense of equilibrium " is meant the sense, or sensations, by which we have a feeling of security in standing, walki ...

... the properties we find. A ship floats by the same laws of specific gravity and equilibrium as a tree uprooted by the wind and blown into the water. The corn which men raise for food grows and produces its grain by the same laws of vegetation by which the wild ...

... tions on the mode in which electricity distributes itself on conductors when in equilibrium. Faraday's Views. — The two-fluid theory may be said to have held the field until the time when Faraday began his researches on electricity. After he had educated himse ...

... of the oscillation is static or potential. When passing through its position of equilibrium, since gravity can do no more work upon it without changing its fixed point of support, all the energy of oscillation is kinetic. At intermediate positions the energy i ...

... re short-crowned and without cement (fig. i, a), the gap between the canine and EQUILIBRIUM the outermost incisor is short, the bones of the middle part of the leg are separate, and there are at least three toes to each foot. The longest-known genus and the on ...

... lliant conquests, but his fall, while to a great extent restoring the political equilibrium, gave an opportunity to Alexander of Russia to dominate Europe. Thus the i6th century definitely marked the beginning of modern times both from a political as well as f ...

... s been little noticed. But, taking the history of the republic as a whole, that equilibrium between the several organs of the government which the Constitution was intended to secure has been substantially maintained. VI.— The Party System. § 30. The actual wo ...