Elements of mechanics: for the use of colleges, academies, and high schools (1859)
Peck, William G. (William Guy), 1820-1892 · New York, A. S. Barnes & Burr · leaf 103
ceiveeach to be resolved into two components—one at rightangles, and the other parallel to the axis. The latter com-ponent would be exerted to bend the lever laterally, or tomake it slide along the axis, developing only hurtful resist-ance, whilst the former only would tend to turn the leverabout… … 100 MECHANICS. dicular distances FA and FB are, respectively, the leverarms of P and B. To determine the conditions ofequilibrium of the lever, let usdenote the power by P, the re-sistance by B, and their respec-tive lever arms by p and r. Wehave the case of a body restrainedby an axis, and if we…
Mechanics
Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
