 | Samuel Maunder - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1853 - 872 pages
...powers or simple machines, which is principally used in the raising of water. The power is applied at the circumference of the wheel, and the weight is raised by a rope that is gathered up on the axis while the wheel turns round. Axis of Oscillation, is a line parallel... | |
 | Joseph Allen Galbraith - 1854 - 98 pages
...which act as fulcra, and must sustain the pressure caused by the resultant of the Power and Resistance. The Power is applied to the circumference of the wheel; and the Resistance to the circumference of theaxle ; in directions at right angles to their radii. The annexed... | |
 | William Grier - Mechanical engineering - 1861 - 316 pages
...handspike. The wheel and axle consists of a wheel having a cylindric axis passing through its centre. The power is applied to the circumference of the wheel, and the weight to the circumference of the axle. In the wheel and axle, an equilibrium takes place when the power... | |
 | Henry Pallett - Flour mills - 1866 - 354 pages
...handspike. The wheel and axle consist of a wheel having a cylindrical axis passing through its centre. The power is applied to the circumference of the wheel, and the weight to the circumference of the axle ; for the wheel and axle being nothing else but a lever so constructed... | |
 | Joseph Allen Galbraith, Samuel Haughton - Mechanics - 1866 - 200 pages
...which act as fulcra, and must sustain the pressure caused by the resultant of the Power and Eesistance. The Power is applied to the circumference of the wheel ; and the Resistance to the circumference of the axle ; in directions at right angles to their radii. The figure... | |
 | Class-book - 1868 - 330 pages
...series of spokes, or hand-spikes. For draw-wells and short mining shafts, the windlass is commonly used. The power is applied to the circumference of the wheel, and the weight to the axle. 4. Q. What are the special advantages of the wheel-and-axlet A. The wheel-and-axle lessens... | |
 | Francis Bullock - 1880 - 330 pages
...series of spokes, or hand-spikes. For draw-wells and short mining shafts, the windlass is commonly used. The power is applied to the circumference of the wheel, and the weight to the axle. 4. Q. What are the special advantages of the wheel-and-axle 1 A. The wheel-and-axle lessens... | |
 | Thomas Liddell Ainsley - 1880 - 866 pages
...which act as fulcra, and must sustain the pressure caused by the resultant of the power and resistance. The power is applied to the circumference of the wheel, and the resistance to the circumference of the axle, in directions at right-angles to their radii. The annexed... | |
 | Isaac Sharpless, George Morris Philips - Physics - 1892 - 384 pages
...and axle as a mechanical power consists of a wheel attached to an axle so that they turn together. The power is applied to the circumference of the wheel, and the weight is hoisted by a cord wound on the axle. A crank may take the place of the wheel. 110. Law of Wheel and... | |
 | Josiah Thomas Scovell - Science - 1894 - 412 pages
...The wheel and axle consists of a wheel and cylinder fitted together so as to turn on the same axis. The power is applied to the circumference of the wheel, and the weight, usually by means of a rope is applied to the circumference of the cylinder or axle. The power acts... | |
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The power is applied to the circumference of the wheel, and the weight to the circumference of the axle. 
