 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 344 pages
...simplification or alteration. They are but six in number ; and the names by which they are distinguished are, the LEVER, the WHEEL AND AXLE, the PULLEY, the INCLINED PLANE, the WEDGE, and the SCREW. Out of the whole, or a part, of these, it will be found that every mechanical... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 370 pages
...simplification or alteration. They are but six in number ; and the names by which they are distinguished are, the LEVER, the WHEEL AND AXLE, the PULLEY, the INCLINED PLANE, the WEDGE, and the SCREW. Out of the whole, or a part, of these, it will be found that every mechanical... | |
 | 1844 - 1128 pages
...machinery, produced by ¡in, however complex or intricate, each movement can be reduced to the influence of the lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the inclined plane, the wedge, and the screw, and even some of these are but compounded of others. There is a grand axiom to... | |
 | William Templeton (engineer.) - 1845 - 210 pages
...less power or strength than is necessary without them. They are usually accounted six in number, viz., the lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the inclined plane, the wedge, and the screw; but properly two of these comprise the whole, namely, the lever and inclined... | |
 | Sir Edward Thomason - 1845 - 620 pages
...innumerable works written on these subjects into a small space, Mr. T. mentions the mechanical powers, the lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the inclined plane, the wedge and screw, the theory of friction, pressure, percussion, &c., and as much of their application... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1846 - 454 pages
...elements of machinery are found in what aie called the Meclumical Powers. They are six in number, viz. the Lever, the Wheel and Axle, the Pulley, the Inclined Plane, the Screw, and the Wedge. THE LEVEE. $ 117. The LEVER is an inflexible bar or rod, some point of which being supported, the rod... | |
 | C. List - 1846 - 176 pages
...the elements of which the compound are composed. They appear in six different forms, which are called the Lever, the Wheel and Axle, the Pulley, the Inclined Plane, the Wedge, and the Screw. These are called the Mechanical Powers. We should be careful not to adopt the... | |
 | John E. Fuller - 1846 - 82 pages
...raise, through a less space, a weight heavier than itself. Power is gained at the expense of space, by the lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the inclined plane, the wedge, and the screw. LEVER. Case 1. — When the fulcrum of the lever is between the power and the... | |
 | John Johnston - 1846 - 314 pages
...with which we are accustomed to raise weights and overcome resistances. They are six in number, viz. the Lever, the Wheel and Axle, the Pulley, the Inclined Plane, the Wedge, Quest. 113. What are the mechanical powers? How many of them are there ? Does each one of these... | |
 | W. M. Buchanan - 1846 - 768 pages
...constitutes the science of mechanics. The mechanical powers are usually divided into six classes ; the lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the inclined plane, the wedge, and the screw ; but all these are reducible to two, the lever and the inclined plane Some, however,... | |
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These are usually accounted six in number, viz. the Lever, the Wheel and Axle, the Pulley, the Inclined Plane, the Wedge, and the Screw. 
