The elements of applied mathematics including kinetics, statics, and hydrostatics (1894)
Jessop, C. M. (Charles Minshall), 1861-1939 · London, New York, G. Bell and Sons; [etc.] · leaf 198
fastened to the lowerblock. In practice the two sets of pulleysturn on the same axes. Here thestrings cannot be strictly parallel, butthe,error is small enough to be disre-garded. The attached weight is W, theweight of the lower block of pulleysis w, and n is the number of stringsconnected with the… … Fie. 114. If w is negligiblevantage is n. 180 THE ELEMENTS OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS. 182. Principle of VTork. If the lower block receive an upward displacement equal to h, eachportion of the string is slackened, and P descends through a space hfor each portion of string, that is, through a total…
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