 | Denison Olmsted - Physics - 1838 - 376 pages
...VIII. OF THE INCLINED PLANE, THE SCREW, AND THE WEDGE. THE INCLINED PLANE. 129. In the inclined plane, an equilibrium is produced, when the power is to the weight, as the sine of the inclination of the plane is to the sine of the angle, which the direction of the power... | |
 | Robert Simson (master of Colebrooke house acad, Islington.) - 1838 - 206 pages
...power? The inclined plane. What is the relation between the power and weight on the inclined plane? The power is to the weight as the height of the plane is to its length. What are the varieties of the inclined plane ? The wedge and screw. Give examples... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1839 - 356 pages
...pulley is fixed, the pulley only changes the direction of the power ; if movable pulleys are used, an equilibrium is produced, when the power is to the weight, as one to the number of ropes applied to them. If each movable pulley has its own rope, each pulley will... | |
 | Calvin Tracy - Arithmetic - 1840 - 316 pages
...the weight to the axle, when an increase of action is to be gained. In the use of the wheel and axle, an equilibrium is produced, when the power is to the weight as the semi-diameter of the axle is to the semi-diameter of the wheel. Prob. 25. Given the diameter of the... | |
 | Calvin Tracy - Arithmetic - 1840 - 326 pages
...which a gain in power is effected. A double movable pulley is represented at fig. 2. By such a pulley an equilibrium is produced, when the power is to the weight, as one to the number of ropes sustaining the weight. If a single movable pulley be employed, the weight... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1841 - 324 pages
...pulley is fixed, the pulley only changes the direction of the power ; if movable pulleys are used, an equilibrium is produced, when the power is to the weight as one to the number of ropes applied to them. If each movable pulley has its own rope, each pulley will... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1841 - 334 pages
...pulley is fixed, the pulley only changes the direction of the power ; if movable pulleys are used, an equilibrium is produced, when the power is to the weight, as one to the number of ropes applied to them. If each movable pulley has its own rope, each pulley will... | |
 | John M'Nevin - Arithmetic - 1841 - 300 pages
...the pully is fixed, the pully only changes the direction of the power; if moveable pulleys are used an equilibrium is produced when the power is to the weight, as one to the number of ropes applied to them, if each moveable pully has its own rope, each pully will... | |
 | John M'Nevin - Arithmetic - 1841 - 300 pages
...the pully is fixed, the pully only changes the direction of the power; if moveable pulleys are used an equilibrium is produced when the power is to the weight, as one to the number of ropes applied to them, if each moveable pully has its own rope, each pully will... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - Physics - 1842 - 384 pages
...what power will be necessary lo sustain a weight of 112 Ibs.? Ans. 9£. THE INCLINED PLANE. Inclined Plane, whose length is AC, height AB, and base BC;...to the plane. Then an equilibrium is produced, when ilie power is to the weight, as the height of the plane toils length. 161. Let Fig. 51, represent an... | |
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The pulley is a small wheel, movable about its axis by means of a cord, which passes over it. When the axis of a pulley is fixed, the pulley only changes the direction of the power ; if movable pulleys are used, an equilibrium is produced, when the power... 
