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 122
he wheel, and theresistance at one extremity of a sec-ond rope, wrapped around the axle ina contrary direction. The whole in-strument is supported by pivots pro-jecting from the ends of the axle. Indeducing the conditions of equili-brium of the power and resistance, we shall suppose them tcbe… … F:g. SO. Pr=Rr, orP : R : : r (44.) That is, the power is to the resistanceas the radius of the axle is to ther-i<7hrs of the wheel.
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