 | Elijah Galloway - Steam-engines - 1829 - 890 pages
...SS^lbi answer. CASE 2. When only one of the bodies is moveable. Rule. As the length of the wedge is to its back or head, so is the resistance to the power. Example. The breadth, length, and force, the same as in the last example. As 10 : 3 :: 150 : 45Ibs—answer. SCIIEW. The... | |
 | Charles Haynes Haswell - Engineering - 1844 - 298 pages
...WEDGE. When two Bodies are forced from one another, in a direction Parallel to the back of the Wedge. RULE. — As the length of the wedge is to half its back, so is the resistance to the force. EXAMPLE. — The length of the back of a double wedge is 6 inches,... | |
 | J. M. Scribner - Mechanical engineering - 1849 - 286 pages
...When two bodies are forced from one another by means of a wedge in a direction parallel to its 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 of the head... | |
 | Charles Haynes Haswell - Engineering - 1851 - 346 pages
...WEDGE. When two Bodies are forced from one another, in a direction Parallel to the back of the Wedge. RULE. — As the length of the wedge is to half its back, so is the •esistance to the force. EXAMPLE. — The length of the back of a double wedge is 6 inches,... | |
 | Septimus Norris - Locomotives - 1852 - 356 pages
...When two bodies are forced from one another by means of a wedye, in a direction parallel to its bach RULE — As the length of the wedge is to half its back or head, so is the resistance to the powerEXAMPLE-— The breadth of the back or head of the wedge being three inches, and the length of... | |
 | Frederick Augustus Griffiths - Artillery drill and tactics - 1854 - 406 pages
...Am. Case 2. — When only one of the bodies is moveatte. Rule. — As the length of the wedge, is to its back, or head, so is the resistance, to the power. Example. — The breadth, length, and force, the same as in the last example. As 10 : 3 :: 150 : 45 Ib. Ans. THE SCREW. The screw... | |
 | Septimus Norris - Locomotives - 1854 - 334 pages
...Ans. CASE 2. — When only one of the bodies is movable. RULE. — As the length of the weight is to its back or head, so is the resistance to the power. EXAMPLE. — The breadth, length, and force, the same as in the last example. As 10: 3:: 150: 45 Ibs., Ans. SCREW. The screw... | |
 | Charles Haslett - Engineering - 1855 - 482 pages
...the power. Case 2. W7ien only one of the bodies is movable. RULE. As the length of the wedge is to its back or head, so is the resistance to the power. EXAMPLE. The breadth, length, and force, the same as in the last example. •r'lT The screw is an inclined plane, and may... | |
 | Charles W. Hackley - Engineering - 1856 - 530 pages
...power. Case : 2. Wfietn, only one of 'the bodies is movable. RULE. As the length of the wedge is to its back or head, so is the resistance to the power. , EXAMPLE. The breadth, length, and force, the same as in the last example. The Screw. The screw is an inclined plane, and... | |
 | Charles Haslett - 1855 - 544 pages
...Ibs., the power. Case 2. When only one of the bodies is movable. RULE. As the length of the wedge is to its back or head, so is the resistance to the power. EXAMPLE. The breadth, length, and force, the same as in the last example. As 10 : 3 :: 150 : 45 Ibs., the power. The Screw.... | |
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The breadth of the back or head of the wedge being three inches, and the length of either of its inclined sides 10 inches, required the power necessary to separate two substances with a force of 150 Ibs; As 10 : 1 1-2 :: 150 : 22 1-2 Ibs., Ans. 
