Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1861)
Appleton, firm, publishers, New York. (1852, D. Appleton & Co.) · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 431
pulleys B B will then be moved at the same speed as the wheel D and the pulleys A A; hence theweight required to keep the wheels R R in their present position, is equal to the weight required tomove the pulleys B B. The weight thus required, is found by means of the lever H J. The arm H isattached…
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