Dobson, North Carolina. Dobson is a town in Dobson Township, Surry County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 1,586. It is the county seat of Surry County. Dobson is the home of the Shelton Vineyards, the largest winery in North Carolina.
Linear Motion vs. Rotational Motion â¢ Linear motion involves an object moving from one point to another in a straight line.â¢ Rotational motion involves an object rotating about an axis. â Examples include a merry-go-round, the rotating earth, a spinning skater, a top, and a turning wheel.
The clockwise movement of the planimeter is the direction opposite to what mathematicians have decided should be positive rotation. Rather than violate this convention, we are going to work from now on with a mathematician's planimeter, in which you move counter-clockwise.