 | Benjamin Martin - Celestial mechanics - 1754 - 200 pages
...of the Heavenly Bodies, the .Principles of Mechanics explained i of the Several Mechanical Powers ; -the Lever, the Wheel, and Axle, the Pulley, the inclined "Plane, 'the Wedge, and the Screw ; the ftrongeft Arch to build upont the D.oBrine of Wheel Carriages, £?V. 137 A Plain and Familiar... | |
 | Benjamin Martin - Science - 1765 - 202 pages
...of the Heavenly Bodies ; the Principles of Mechanics explained ; of the federal Mechanical Powers* the Lever, the Wheel and Axle, the Pulley, the inclined Plane, the Wedge, and the Screw ; the ftrongeft Arch to build upon -, ibe Doftrine of Wheel Carriages, &V, 137 I. . A Plain and Familiar... | |
 | Henry Kett - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1805 - 340 pages
...Algebra and geometry lend their aid to this sublime science. Mixed mathematics, which constitute the pleasing and instructive branches of experimental...Their names are— the lever, the -wheel and axle, the fiuliey, the inclined plane, the v>tdge, and the acreia. However small the strength of man, considered... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1807 - 464 pages
...eifected by the natural strength without them. These are usually accounted counted six in number, viz. the Lever, the Wheel and Axle, the Pulley, the Inclined Plane, the Wedge, and the Screw, 158. Mechanics, is the science of forces, and the effects they produce, when applied to machines, in... | |
 | Henry William Bunbury - Caricatures and cartoons - 1808 - 192 pages
...riding, of the principles of mixed mathematics. Consider, Mr. Gambado, the six mechanical powers! I he lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the inclined plane, the wedge, and the screw; and reflect with what advantage all these may be applied to the uses of Horsemanship. By means of a... | |
 | William Marrat - Mechanics - 1810 - 512 pages
...powers ; because, of these six, all the more compounded machines arc composed : — the mechanic powers are the LEVER, the WHEEL AND AXLE, the PULLEY, the INCLINED PLANE, the WEDGE, and the SGEEW. 125. WEIGHT and POWER, when opposed to each other, signify the body to be moved, and the body... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 494 pages
...effected by the natural strength without them. These are usually accounted six in number, number, viz. the Lever, the Wheel and Axle, the Pulley, the Inclined Plane, the Wedge, and the Screw. 158. Mechanics, is the science of forces, and the effects they produce, when applied to machines, in... | |
 | Akeroyde's padd (Dance) - 1812 - 356 pages
...velocity is greater. The mechanical powers which are used in aid of the wants and weakness of man, are, the lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the inclined plane, the wedge, and the screw. THE LEVER Is the first and simplest of the mechanical powers. It is a straight inflexible bar, supposed... | |
 | Daniel Jaudon - Art and science - 1814 - 234 pages
...of the machine applied to the weight or resistance. Q. How many mechanic powers are there ? A. Six? the lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the inclined plane, the wedge, and the screw. Q. Please to describe each of them î A. The lerer is an inflexible bar, turning on я supportin»... | |
 | James Ferguson - Astronomy - 1814 - 420 pages
...machines, usually called media* The menical j)ower», are six in number,* viz. the le- chanic ver, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the inclined ' plane, the wedge, and the screw. They are * Some writers on mechanics exclude the inclined plane from the number of the mechanical powers,... | |
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These are usually accounted six in number, viz. the Lever, the Wheel and Axle, the Pulley, the Inclined Plane, the Wedge, and the Screw. 
