 | Benjamin Martin - Celestial mechanics - 1754 - 200 pages
...of the Heavenly Bodies, the .Principles of Mechanics explained i of the Several Mechanical Powers ; -the Lever, the Wheel, and Axle, the Pulley, the inclined "Plane, 'the Wedge, and the Screw ; the ftrongeft Arch to build upont the D.oBrine of Wheel Carriages, £?V. 137... | |
 | Benjamin Martin - Science - 1765 - 202 pages
...of the Heavenly Bodies ; the Principles of Mechanics explained ; of the federal Mechanical Powers* the Lever, the Wheel and Axle, the Pulley, the inclined Plane, the Wedge, and the Screw ; the ftrongeft Arch to build upon -, ibe Doftrine of Wheel Carriages, &V, 137... | |
 | Henry Kett - Books and reading - 1805 - 340 pages
...; and by their combination, all machines, however complicated, are constructed. Their names are—. the lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the inclined plane, the wedge, and the screw. However small the strength of man, considered in itself, may appear, his ingenuity... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1807 - 464 pages
...resistances, than could be eifected by the natural strength without them. These are usually accounted counted six in number, viz. the Lever, the Wheel and Axle, the Pulley, the Inclined Plane, the Wedge, and the Screw, 158. Mechanics, is the science of forces, and the effects they produce, when... | |
 | William Marrat - Mechanics - 1810 - 512 pages
...because, of these six, all the more compounded machines arc composed : — the mechanic powers are the LEVER, the WHEEL AND AXLE, the PULLEY, the INCLINED PLANE, the WEDGE, and the SGEEW. 125. WEIGHT and POWER, when opposed to each other, signify the body to be moved,... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 494 pages
...could be effected by the natural strength without them. These are usually accounted six in number, number, viz. the Lever, the Wheel and Axle, the Pulley, the Inclined Plane, the Wedge, and the Screw. 158. Mechanics, is the science of forces, and the effects they produce, when... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1812 - 624 pages
...than could be effected by the natural strength without them. These are usually accounted six in 155 number, viz. the Lever, the Wheel and Axle, the Pulley, the Inclined Plane, the Wedge, and the Screw. 158. Mechanics, is the science of forces, and the effects they produce, when... | |
 | Akeroyde's padd (Dance) - 1812 - 356 pages
...velocity is greater. The mechanical powers which are used in aid of the wants and weakness of man, are, the lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the inclined plane, the wedge, and the screw. THE LEVER Is the first and simplest of the mechanical powers. It is a straight... | |
 | Daniel Jaudon - Art and science - 1814 - 234 pages
...of the machine applied to the weight or resistance. Q. How many mechanic powers are there ? A. Six? the lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the inclined plane, the wedge, and the screw. Q. Please to describe each of them î A. The lerer is an inflexible bar, turning... | |
 | William Shepherd, Jeremiah Joyce, Lant Carpenter - Education - 1815 - 598 pages
...hundred different elementary works, the student goes on to the consideration of the mechanical powers, viz. the lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the inclined plane, the wedge, and the screw; since to these simple machines, all others, however complicated, may be reduced... | |
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Powers, are certain simple instruments, commonly employed for raising greater weights, or overcoming greater resistances, than could be effected by the natural strength without them. These are usually accounted six in number, viz. the Lever, the Wheel... 
