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 327
m the reservoir and forced into the larger cylinderA; and when the space below the piston F is filled, a forceof compression is exerted upwards, which is as many timesgreater than that applied to the piston B, as the area ofFis greater than B (Art. 154). This force may be util-ized in compressing a… … Fig. 178. F:f::P:p, F^f-l.P If we denote the longer arm of the lever G, by X, and HYDRAULIC AND PNEUMATIC MACHINES. 325 the shorter arm, by I, and represent the force applied at theextremity of the longer arm, by K, we shall have from theprinciple of the lever (Art. 78), Substituting this value…
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