 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 734 pages
...is drawn out. Hence it is evident, that in every tpecies of lever there will be u equilibrium, when the power is to the weight as the distance of the weight from the fulcrum is to the distance of the power from the fulcrum. In experiments with the lever we... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1811 - 196 pages
...situations of the fulcrum, and the power with respect to each other. f 64. In all kinds of levers, the power is to the weight, as the distance of the weight from the fulcrum is to that of the power from the fulcrum. 65. The lever of the first kind, is when... | |
 | 1812 - 356 pages
...different situations of the fulcrum. For there will be an equilibrium in a straight lever of any kind, when the power is to the weight, as the distance of the weight from the fulcrum is to the distance of the power from the fulcrum. Thus the arm of a pair of scales,... | |
 | James Smith - 1815 - 684 pages
...third kind of lever, the power is applied between the fulcrum and the weight. 2. In all these levers, the power is to the weight, as the distance of the weight from the fulcrum is to that of the power from the fulcrum. 3. A bent, or hammer lever, differs only... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1821 - 406 pages
...is drawn out. Hence it is evident, that in every species of lever there will be an equilibrium, when the power is to the weight as the distance of the weight from the fulcrum is to the distance of the power from the fulcrum. In experiments with the lever, we... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1821 - 408 pages
...is drawn out Hence it is evident, that in every species of lever there will be an equilibrium, when the power is to the weight as the distance of the weight from the fulcrum is to the distance of the power from the fulcrum. In experiments with the lever, we... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1824 - 224 pages
...fulcrum is at one end, the weight at the other, and the power between them. 31. In all kinds of levers, the power is to the weight as the distance of the weight from the fulcrum is to that of the power from the fulcrum. 32. A hammer is a bent levety and differs... | |
 | 1836 - 488 pages
...When the forces act perpendicularly to the arms of a straight lever, an equilibrium is produced, when the power is to the weight as the distance of the weight from the prop is to the distance of the power from the prop. In the first and second kinds of lever... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1837 - 374 pages
...fulcrum being measured by the perpendiculars CM and CN, the general law of equilibrium holds, viz. that the power is to the weight, as the distance of the weight from the fulcrum is to the distance of the power from the fulcrum. 123. A compound lever consists of... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1838 - 376 pages
...When the forces act PERPENDICULARLY TO THE ARMS or A STRAIGHT LEVER, an equilibrium is produced, when the power is to the weight as the distance of the weight from the prop is to the distance of the power from the prop. In the first and second kinds of lever... | |
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... that the power is to the weight, as the distance of the weight is to the distance of the power. Thus, suppose that we have a piece... 
