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 123
mmon windlass in having anaxle formed of two cylinders,A and B, of different dia-meters, but having a com-mon axis. A rope is attachedto the larger cylinder, andwrapped several times aroundit, after which it passes aroundthe movable pulley (7, and,returning, is wrapped in acontrary direction about… … Fie. 84. ELEMENTARY MACHINES. 121 wind the rope upon the larger cylinder it unwinds fromthe smaller one, but in a less degree, and the total effect ofthe power is to raise the resistance B. To deduce theconditions of equilibrium between the power and resistance,denote the power by P, the resistance…
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