 | John Henry Pratt - 1836 - 672 pages
...transmitting force from one part to another of the system. It would be endless to describe all the machines that have been invented ; we shall consequently...in the same straight line, it is called a. straight lerer; in other cases a bent lever. Two forces act upon the lever about the fulcrum, called the poicer... | |
 | T. Baker - 1851 - 172 pages
...inflexible rod movable in one plane about a point called the fulcrum or centre of motion. The parts of the lever, into which the fulcrum divides it, are...same straight line, it is called a straight lever, otherwise a bended, or more commonly, a bent lever. 39. There are commonly reckoned three kinds of... | |
 | Thomas Baker - 1851 - 188 pages
...inflexible rod movable in one plane about a point called the fulcrum or centre of motion. The parts of the lever, into which the fulcrum divides it, are...same straight line, it is called a straight lever, otherwise a bended, or more commonly, a bent lever. 39. There are commonly reckoned three kinds of... | |
 | Thomas Baker (C.E.) - 1851 - 176 pages
...inflexible rod movable in one plane about a point called the fulcrum or centre of motion. The parts of the lever, into which the fulcrum divides it, are...same straight line, it is called a straight lever, otherwise a bended, or more commonly, a bent lever. 39. There are commonly reckoned three kinds of... | |
 | Stephen Parkinson - 1863 - 408 pages
...which it can turn is called the fulcrum, and the parts into which the rod is divided by the fulcrum are called the arms of the lever. When the arms are in a straight line, it is called a straight lever; in all other cases it is a bent lever. We have seen... | |
 | Isaac Todhunter - 1866 - 386 pages
...denominated the Mechanical Powers. These we shall explain, and also a few combinations of them. 146. A Lever is an inflexible rod moveable only about a...same straight line, it is called a straight lever, and in other cases a bent lever. Two forces act on the lever about the fulcrum, called the power and... | |
 | John Kerr - 1866 - 358 pages
...Lever is a rigid rod moveable about a fixed point which is called the Fulcrum. The parts of the lover into which the fulcrum divides it are called the Arms of the lever. When the arms are in one straight line, they constitute a straight lever. Prop. To find the conditions of equilibrium of... | |
 | Isaac Todhunter - 1867 - 368 pages
...inflexible rod moveable, in one plane, about a point in the rod which is called the fulcrum. The parts of the Lever into which the fulcrum divides it are...lever. When the arms are in the same straight line the lever is called a straight lever; in other cases it is called a bent lever. The plane in which... | |
 | Isaac Todhunter - 1867 - 372 pages
...inflexible rod moveable, in one plane, about a point in the rod which is called the fulcrum. The parts of the Lever into which the fulcrum divides it are...lever. When the arms are in the same straight line the lever is called a straight lever; in other cases it is called a bent lever. The plane in which... | |
 | James Hamblin Smith - 1868 - 102 pages
...which it can turn is called the Fulcrum, and the parts into which the rod is divided by the fulcrum are called the arms of the lever. When the arms are in a straight line, the machine is called a straight lever : in all other cases it is called a bent lever.... | |
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A Lever is an inflexible rod moveable only about a fixed axis, which is called the fulcrum. The portions of the lever into which the fulcrum divides it are called the arms of the lever : when the arms are in the same straight line, it is called a straight... 
