International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, Pa. : The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 351
o hoist a weight with awindlass, Fig. 143, the force isapplied to the handle of the crank,and the distance between the cen- ^i<^- ^^^■ ter line of the crank-handle and the axis of the drum corre-sponds to the radius of the wheel. Example.—If the distance between the center line of the handle… … 340 ELEMENTARY MECHANIC^;. 5)31. \Vliccl>vork.—A combination of wheels and axles,as in Fig. 1-i-i, is called a triiiii. The wheel in a train towhich motion is imparted from a wheel on another shaft,by such means as a belt or gearing, is called the drivenwheel or follower; the wheel which imparts…
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