 | Richard Helsham - Mechanics - 1767 - 458 pages
...middle diftance between the moving power and the weight, or nearer to one than the other, it is evident that there may be a balance between the power and the weight, either when they are equal, Dr when the one exceeds or is exceeded by the other according to the different... | |
 | James Ferguson - Astronomy - 1776 - 546 pages
...of be between the weight and the prop, it will be- ever* come a lever of the third kind : in which, that there may be a balance between the power and the weight, the intenfuy of the power muft exceed the intenfuy of the weight, juft as much as the diftance of the weight... | |
 | John Imison - 1796 - 476 pages
...power may be between the weight and the prop, it will become a lever of the third kind ; in which, that there may be a balance between the power and the weight, the intenfity of the power muft exceed the intenfity of the weight juft as much as the diflance of the... | |
 | Richard Helsham - Mechanics - 1802 - 500 pages
...middle diftance between the moving power .and the weight, or nearer to one than the other, it is evident that there may be a balance between the power and the weight, either when they are equal, or when the one exceeds or is exceeded by the other according to the different... | |
 | William M. Finlay - Accounting - 1803 - 272 pages
...power and the weight to change « places, so that the power may be between the weight and the prop. That there may be a balance between the power and...weight, just as much as the distance of the weight Irom the prop exceeds the power. It is evident, that the force of the power is increased by the two... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Electricity - 1807 - 212 pages
...other,. and the power applied hetween them. Here the power must exceed the weight, in thesame proportion as the distance of the weight from the prop, exceeds the distance of the power. . Illustration. Let F fig. 11, be the prop or fulcrum, P Ihe power and W the weight; if the distance... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1809 - 700 pages
...the power may be between the weight and the prop, it will become a lever of the third kind; in which, that there may be a balance between the power and...weight from the prop exceeds the distance of the power. Thus, let E, tig. 4, be the prop of the lever EF, and W, a weight of one pound, placed three times... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 734 pages
...which, tint there may be a balance between the power and tke weight, the intensity of the power mist exceed the intensity of the weight just as much as the distance of the weight from the prop ex(•••oils the distance of tin- power. Thus, let E, fig. 4, be the prop of the lever E l , and... | |
 | William Duane - Electronic books - 1810 - 774 pages
...as the distance of the power from the prop, to the distance of the weight from the prop. In the >d kind, that there may be a balance between the power...the power must exceed the intensity of the weight, iust as much is the distance advantage. The advantage gained in this machine, is always as twice the... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Celestial mechanics - 1811 - 196 pages
...other, and the power applied between them. Here the power must exceed the weight, in the same proportion as the distance of the weight from the prop exceeds the distance of the power. Illustration. Let F, fig. 11, be the prop or fulcrum, P the power, and W the weight ; if the distance... | |
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... that there may be a balance between the power and the weight, the intensity of the power must exceed the intensity of the weight just as much as the distance of the weight from the prop exceeds the distance of the power. 
