s, as merchandise, baggage, &c.—it will suflSce here togive a brief description of the arrangement of the levers in theBalance of Quintens in a simple form. The figure represents a section of the machine by a planedividing it into two symmetrical parts. The platform AB upon which the weight Q… … GF is a lever turning about a fulcrum F and connectedwith the horizontal lever LMN by a vertical rod GL; HK isanother vertical rod connecting DH with the lever LMNwhich turns about the fulcrum M, and from the end N of thislever the scale-pan P is suspended. The ratio of FE : FO is by construction…
Mechanics
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