Elements of mechanics: treated by means of the differential and integral calculus (1887)
Peck, William G[uy], 1820-1892. [from old catalog] · New York, Chicago, A. S. Barnes & company · leaf 112
d not explain this method of graduation. To weigh a body with the bent lever balance, place it inthe scale-pan, and note the point at which the needle comesto rest; the reading will make known the weight sought. Compound Balances. §4. Compound balances are much used in weighingheavy articles, as… … Fig. 71. placed; BG is a guardfirmly attached to theplatform; the platformis supported upon theknife-edge fulcrum E,and the piece D, throughthe medium of a braceCD ; GEis a lever turn-ing about the fulcrum E,and suspended by a rod from the point L ; LN is a leverhaving its fulcrum at Ji, and…
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