 | Andrew Jamieson - Mechanical engineering - 1895 - 446 pages
...Absolute Unit of Work, called the Foot-poundal (ft.-pdl.), is the work done when a force of one poundal acts through a distance of one foot along its line of action. The student will readily see that the gravitation unit of work is equal to g absolute units. Hence,... | |
 | Andrew Jamieson - Mechanical engineering - 1896 - 498 pages
...displacement along its line of action. DEFINITION. — The British Unit of Work, called the Foot-pound (ft.-lb.), is the work done when a force of one pound...Foot-poundal (ft.-pdl.), is the work done when a force of one ponndal acts through a distance of one foot along its Une of action. The student will readily see that... | |
 | Silas Ellsworth Coleman - Physics - 1906 - 458 pages
...Units of Work. — There are several units of work. We shall define and use only three. The foot-pound (ft.-lb.) is the work done when a force of one pound acts through a distance of one foot. The kilogram-meter (kg.-m.) is the work done when a force of one kilogram acts through a distance of... | |
 | John Duncan - Engines - 1907 - 492 pages
...unit of work generally used in this country is the foot-pound, and is that quantity of work which is done when a force of one pound acts through a distance of one foot in its line of action. Other units occasionally used are the inch-ton and the foot-ton; these are sufficiently... | |
 | John Duncan - Mechanics, Applied - 1908 - 362 pages
...of work used by engineers in this country is the foot pound, and is that quantity of work which is done when a force of one pound acts through a distance of one foot in its line of action. The inch-ton and foot-ton are also sometimes used, these being the work done... | |
 | Joseph Moore Jameson - Mechanics - 1909 - 348 pages
...centimeter-grams, foot-tons, etc. The units of work commonly used are the foot-pound and the erg. A FOOT-POUND is the work done when a force of one pound acts through a distance of one foot in the direction of the force; or when an equivalent amount of work is done, as when a force of 2 Ibs.... | |
 | David Allan Low - Mechanics, Applied - 1909 - 574 pages
...in measuring large quantities of work. For measuring small quantities of work the in'-h-/iouiiiJ, or the work done when a force of one pound acts through a distance of one inch, is frequently used. The work done by a force is found by multiplying the magnitude of the forco... | |
 | Nehemiah Hawkins - Electricity - 1910 - 570 pages
...resistance of friction, etc. The common units of work are the foot pound and the erg. A foot pound is the work done when a force of one pound acts through a distance of one foot; an erg is the work done by a force of one dyne acting through a distance of one centimeter. Working... | |
 | Frederick Russell Gorton - Physics - 1910 - 536 pages
...work done when a force of one kilogram (§ 37) acts through a distance of one meter. The foot-pound is the work done when a force of one pound acts through a distance of one foot. The following table is given to show the use of equation (l) in the computation of work in the different... | |
 | John Graham - Machinery - 1910 - 340 pages
...The unit of length is the foot. The unit of work is that required to lift one pound one foot high, or when a force of one pound acts through a distance of one foot, one unit of work is performed. One unit of work is called a foot pound. As an example let us take an... | |
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Foot-pound (ft.-lb.), is the work done when a force of one pound acts through a distance of one foot along its line of action. 
