 | Charles Haslett, Charles William Hackley - Engineering - 1859 - 574 pages
...Ibs. As 10 : H :: 150 : 22* Ibs., the power. Case 2. When only one. of the bodies is movable. RCLE. As the length of the wedge is to its back or head, so is the :esistance to the power. EXAMPLE. The breadth, length, and force, the same as in the last Bxample.... | |
 | Frederick Augustus Griffiths - Artillery - 1859 - 426 pages
...means of a wedge, in a direction parallel to its back. Rule. — As the length of the wedge is to half its back, or head, so is the resistance, to the power. Example. — The breadth of the back, or head of the wedge, being 3 inches, and the length of either of its inclined sides 10... | |
 | John McNeill Boyd - Naval art and science - 1860 - 692 pages
...Ibs. As 10 : 1J :: ISO : 22£ Ibs. — Answer. When only one of the bodies is moveable. Rule. — A» the length of the wedge is to its back or head, so...as in the last example. As 10 : 3 : : 150 : 45 Ibs. — Answer. The Screw is a cord wound in a spiral direction round the periphery of a cylinder, and... | |
 | Frederick Augustus Griffiths - 1868 - 540 pages
...wedge, in a direction parallel to its back. Rule. — As the length of the wedge is to half its buck, or head, so is the resistance, to the power. Example. — The breadth of the back, or head of the wedge, being 3 inches, and the length of either of its inclined sides 10... | |
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Wlten two bodies are farced from one, another by means of a wedge, in a direction parallel to its back. RULE. As the length of the wedge is to half its back or head, so is the resistance to the power. EXAMPLE. The breadth of the back or head of the wedge... 
