 | Mary A. Swift - Science - 1839 - 190 pages
...paper ? They have divided it. They are. How do you know they are ? Because in them both the power is at one end, the weight at the other, and the fulcrum between. When a merchant weighs out a pound of sugar, how does he do it ? He takes a pair of scales or balances,... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - Astronomy - 1843 - 604 pages
...the action of the lever. There are two principal varieties of the lever ; in the first, the power is at one end, the weight at the other, and the fulcrum between them, in this mode : f , , ; such a lever is spoken of as belonging to the first order. In the other... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1843 - 336 pages
...the action of the lever. There are two principal varieties of the lever ; in the first, the power is at one end, the weight at the other, and the fulcrum between them, in this mode: v * * ; such a lever is spoken of as belonging to theirs* order. In the other kind,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Physics - 1855 - 416 pages
...Power, Fulcrum, Weight. Power, Weight, Fulcrum. Weight, Power, Fulcrum. That is, (1.) The Power* is at one end, the weight at the other, and the fulcrum between them. (2.) Power at one end, the fulcrum at the other, and the weight between them. (3.) The weight... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Electricity - 1856 - 502 pages
...the weight, and the fulcrum, respectively, ir. the three kinds of lever* That is, (1.) The power* is at one end, the weight at the other, and the fulcrum between them. (2.) Power at one end, the fulcrum at the other, and the weight between them. (3) The weight... | |
 | Malcolm William Hilles - Physiology - 1860 - 350 pages
...we have examples of the three orders of levers. The first order of levers is that where the power is at one end, the weight at the other, and the fulcrum between these two points, as in the ordinary mode of raising large stones or other bodies. The second order... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Physics - 1861 - 488 pages
...i Describe a .ever t by . and tell the advantage gained by it. Fig. 27. That is, (1.) The power* is at one end, the weight at the other, and the fulcrum between them. (2.) Power at one end, the fulcrum at the other, and the weight between them. (3) The weight... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Physics - 1862 - 488 pages
...Describe a .ever t *y . _ and tell the advantage gained by it. Kg. 27. That is, (1.) The power* is at one end, the weight at the other, and the fulcrum between them. (2.) Power at one end, the fulcrum at the other, and the weight between them. (3) The weight... | |
 | John Fulton - Histology - 1879 - 470 pages
...extremities, examples of the three orders of levers are afforded. In the first order of levers the power is at one end, the weight at the other, and the fulcrum between the two. In the second order, the power is at one end, the fulcrum at the other, and the weight between the... | |
 | George Ricks - 1885 - 242 pages
...the children should be informed that the particular arrangement of the lever in which the power is at one end, the weight at the other, and the fulcrum between the two, is called a lever of the first class, or first order. LESSON XI. LEVERS AND THEIR USES.— 2. I. Lever... | |
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Lead them to explain that it is in reality nothing more than a lever of the first order, having the power at one end, the weight at the other, and the fulcrum between the two. What can you tell me about the arms of this leverwheel? They are equal. What... 
