Equal weights at equal distances are in equilibrium, and equal weights at unequal distances are not in equilibrium, but incline towards the weight which is at the greater distance.
Mathematics, physics, engineering
From 'On the Equilibrium of Planes', laying out principles of levers.
c. 250 BCE
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