 | Charles Henry Wilkinson - Astronomy - 1799 - 390 pages
...correfponds to the progreffive dccreafe of elafticity. III. INCLINED PLANE.— Power is to the weight, as the height of the Plane is to the length of its bafe, IV. The PULLEY.— In a fixed Pulley, the power is equal to the weight. In this no mechanical... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - Mechanics - 1845 - 572 pages
...direction parallel to the base of the plane, the power is to the weight or resistance of the body, as the height of the plane is to the length of its base. 3. In the present instance, EG the height of the plane is equal to DI, the distance between two contiguous... | |
 | William Holms Chambers Bartlett - Mechanics, Analytic - 1853 - 462 pages
...W cosz a — f* sinz <p' If the friction be zero, or / = 0, then will F BO F=tana = — . That is, the power will be to the resistance as the height of the plane is to its base. • §329. — To find under what angle the power will act to greatest advantage, make the... | |
 | William Holms Chambers Bartlett - Mechanics, Analytic - 1866 - 520 pages
...being 2/. W cos2 a — /2 sin2 a* If the friction be zero, or / = 0, then will F __^rio._BO That is, the power will be to the resistance as the height of the plane is to its base; and there may be gain or loss of power. §376.— To find under what angle the power will... | |
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1875 - 232 pages
...it from the ground. In the inclined plane an equilibrium is produced when the power is to the weight as the height of the plane is to the length of its sloping side ; but as the friction in the use of this machine is very great, a much less power than... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1882 - 442 pages
...from.the ground. In « the inclined plane, an equilibrium is produced when the power is to the weight as the height of the plane is to the length of its sloping side ; but as the friction in the use of this machine is very great, a much less power than... | |
 | George Soulé - Business mathematics - 1910 - 1042 pages
...power is parallel to the base of the plane, equilibrium will obtain when the power is to the weight as the height of the plane is to the length of its base. In this case, the space described by the power is to the space described by the weight as the base... | |
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In the inclined plane an equilibrium is produced when the power is to the weight as the height of the plane is to the length of its... 