Principles and Practice of Statics and Dynamics: Embracing a Clear Development of Hydrostatics, Hydrodynamics, and PneumaticsWeale, 1851 - 148 pages |
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Page 20 - But the true weight of a body may be found by a false balance in the following manner. First, weigh the body in one scale, and afterwards weigh it in the other ; then the mean proportional between these weights will be the true weight. For let x = true weight of the body, and W the number of ounces or pounds it weighs in the scale A, and w the ounces or pounds it weighs in the scale B ; then, by Art. 39, we shall have AcXx = BcXW, and BcXx = AcXtc. By multiplying these equations, there results, Ac...
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Page 27 - ... all such cases the friction of the surfaces prevents their sliding on each other ; but the most usual method of transmitting power to complex machinery is by means of teeth or cogs, which are raised on the surfaces of the wheels and axles. 60. PROP. — In a system of toothed wheels and axles, it is required to find the relation between the power and the weight, when they are in equilibrium. The power P is applied to the circumference of the first wheel a, which transmits its effect to the circumference...