...bodies. Cohesive attraction. Capillary attraction. Gravitation. Laws of motion. Mechanical powers. The lever. The wheel and axle. The pulley. The inclined plane. The wedge. The screw. Mechanical properties of fluids. Specific gravity. Mechanical properties of air. On the...

...parts of all machinery are called the mechanical powers. These are six in number, and are as follow : the Lever, the Wheel and axle, the Pulley, the Inclined Plane, the Screw, and the Wedge. The Lever (75.) A lever is a rigid bar or rod, moveable about a fixed point or...

...construction of the various parts of machinery : they are usually considered to be six in number ; viz. the lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the inclined plane, the wedge, and the screw. It may be easily shewn, however, that these are capable of being reduced to greater simplicity. Thus...

...applications to increase force and overcome resistance. They are usually accounted six in number, viz. The Lever —The Wheel and Axle— The Pulley— The Inclined Plane — The Wedge — and the Screw. LEVER. To make the principle easily understood, we must suppose the lever an inflexible rod without...

...effected by the direct application of natural strength. They are usually accounted six in number; viz. the Lever, the Wheel and Axle, the Pulley, the Inclined Plane, the JVedge, and the Screw. The advantage gained by the use of the mechanical powers, does not consist in...

...other. 2. The simple machines, or those of which all others are constructed, are usually reckoned six : the lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the inclined plane, the wedge, and the screw. To these the funicular machine is sometimes added. 3. The weight signifies the body to be moved, or...

...construction of the various parts of machinery : they are usually considered to be six in number ; viz. the lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the inclined plane, the wedge, and the screw. It may be easily shewn, however, that these are capable of being reduced to greater simplicity. Thus...

...machines, or those of which all others are constructed, are usually reckoned six : the lever, the wiieei and axle, the pulley, the inclined plane, the wedge, and the screw. To these \hefunicular machine is sometimes added. 3. The weight signifies the body to be moved, or...

...that on which all the other mechanical powers depend. The Mechanical Powers are six in number; viz., the Lever, the Wheel and Axle, the Pulley, the Inclined Plane, the Wedge, and the Screw: in the various combinations of these all machines exist. The Lever is chiefly used to raise heavy weights...

...as long to lift it through the same H»ce. LXXII. There are usually reckoned six mechanical powers : the lever ; the wheel and axle ; the pulley ; the inclined plane ; the wedge ; and the screw. THE LEVER. LXXIII. THE LEVER is a bar of iron or wood, supported by and moveable on a round centre...