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Page 422
... machine , it matters not of what kind , is merely the medium through which the effects of the power and resistance are made sensible to each other . Thus , in raising a stone by a lever , my hand will communi- cate the power to the ...
... machine , it matters not of what kind , is merely the medium through which the effects of the power and resistance are made sensible to each other . Thus , in raising a stone by a lever , my hand will communi- cate the power to the ...
Page 423
... machine heavier or more powerful than the other ; and if I do this it is evident that the heavier will have the ad- vantage ; and although by a com- plication of multiplying wheels , or compensating wheels , or any other mechanical ...
... machine heavier or more powerful than the other ; and if I do this it is evident that the heavier will have the ad- vantage ; and although by a com- plication of multiplying wheels , or compensating wheels , or any other mechanical ...
Page 424
... machine working upon his estate made after this plan . " Like all other machines impelled by water , Mr. Dickson's engine can only be useful when water descends ' from a higher to a lower point . The whole water employed passes along a ...
... machine working upon his estate made after this plan . " Like all other machines impelled by water , Mr. Dickson's engine can only be useful when water descends ' from a higher to a lower point . The whole water employed passes along a ...
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... machine would receive when the valves or cocks were suddenly shut , arising from the slight com- pressibility of water , the air - vessel O is placed on the pipe A , and when the water is otherwise stopped it runs into O , and the ...
... machine would receive when the valves or cocks were suddenly shut , arising from the slight com- pressibility of water , the air - vessel O is placed on the pipe A , and when the water is otherwise stopped it runs into O , and the ...
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... machine , was now multiplied a hundred fold by the very same force ; and there were single factories , worked by the steam - engine , producing , in one day , a length of thread which would twice encircle the globe . The art of weaving ...
... machine , was now multiplied a hundred fold by the very same force ; and there were single factories , worked by the steam - engine , producing , in one day , a length of thread which would twice encircle the globe . The art of weaving ...
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