 | Joseph Denison - Mechanics - 1841 - 210 pages
...weight or resistance. Rule. — Multiply the given resistance or weight into the length of half the head of the wedge, and divide the product by the length of one of the inclined sides ; the quotient will be the power required. EXAMPLE. The length of one of the inclined... | |
 | Joseph Denison - Mechanics - 1841 - 210 pages
...weight or resistance. Rule. — Multiply the given resistance or weight into the length of half the head of the wedge, and divide the pro-duct by the length of one of the inclined sides ; the quotient will be the power required. EXAMPLE. The length of one of the inclined... | |
 | Mechanical engineering - 1847 - 190 pages
...in 12, or 3 feet in height and 36 feet in length— = 29-16 Ibs-, or = 29-16 Ibs- power, as before THE WEDGE- „ The wedge is a double inclined plane...inclined sides ; the quotient is the force equal to the resistanceEx The breadth of the back or head of a wedge being 3 inches, its inclined sides each 10... | |
 | Thomas Kelt - Mechanical engineering - 1849 - 424 pages
...height and 36 feet in length. 350 350 y 3 — = 29-16 Ibs., or — =29-16 Ibs. power, as before 12 £6 THE WEDGE. The wedge is a double inclined plane ;...breadth of the back or head of a wedge being 3 inches, its inclined sides each 10 inches, reMECHANICS. 73 quired the power necessary to act upon the wedge... | |
 | J. M. Scribner - Mechanical engineering - 1849 - 286 pages
...head. Rule. — As the length of the wedge is to half its back, so is the resistance to the force. Or, multiply the resisting power by half the thickness...the quotient is the force equal to the resistance. Example. — The length of the back of a double wedge, abc, is 6 inches, and the length of it through... | |
 | Oliver Byrne - Engineering - 1852 - 604 pages
...descent per yard, and the corresponding ascent or descent per chain, per mile ; and also the ratio. THE WEDGE. The wedge is a double inclined plane ;...the quotient is the force equal to the resistance. The breadth of the back or head of a wedge being 3 inches, and its inclined sides each 10 inches, required... | |
 | Oliver Byrne - Engineering - 1852 - 598 pages
...yard, and t/ie corresponding ascent or descent per chain, per mile ; and also the ratioTHE WEDGEThe wedge is a double inclined plane ; consequently its...inclined sides ; the quotient is the force equal to the resistanceThe breadth of the back or head of a wedge being 3 inches, and its inclined sides each 10... | |
 | Mechanical engineering - 1855 - 420 pages
...in height and 36 feet in length. 350 350 V 3 — = 29-16 Ibs., or — =29-16 Ibs. power, as before THE WEDGE. The wedge is a double inclined plane ;...breadth of the back or head of a wedge being 3 inches, its Inclined sides each 10 inches, re MECHANICS. 73 quired the power necessary to act upon the wedge... | |
 | Stephen Roper - Mechanical engineering - 1884 - 740 pages
...velocities with which they move will be inversely as their diameters, circumferences, or number of teeth. The Wedge. — The wedge is a double inclined plane,...the quotient is the force equal to the resistance. The breadth of the back or head of a wedge being 3 inches, its inclined sides each 10 inches, required... | |
 | Nehemiah Hawkins - Steam engineering - 1901 - 354 pages
...When two todies are forced from one another by means of a wedge. RULE. Multiply the resisting power hy half the thickness of the head or back of the wedge,...product by the length of one of its inclined sides. EXAMPLE. The thickness of the back of a double wedge is 6 inches, and its length, through the middle... | |
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The wedge is a double inclined plane ; consequently, its principles are the same- Hence, when two bodies are forced asunder by means of the wedge, in a direction parallel to its head, multiply the resisting power by half the thickness of the head or... 
