Elementary treatise on physics experimental and applied for the use of colleges and schools (1890)
Ganot, A. (Adolphe), 1804-1887, Atkinson, E. (Edmund) · New York : W. Wood · leaf 76
ne intended to receive the objectto be weighed, and the other the counterpoise. The fulcrum consists of asteel prism, n, commonly called a knife-edge, which passes through the beam,and rests with its sharp edge, or axis of suspension, upon two supports ; theseare formed of agate, in order to… … -72] Conditions to be satisfied by a Balance. 59 Since by (40) two equal forces in a lever of the first kind cannot be inequilibrium unless their leverages are equal, the length of the arms «A and«B ought to remain equal during the process of weighing. To secure thisthe scales are suspended from…
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