Introductory course of natural philosophy for the use of schools and academies. Ed. from Ganot's popular physics. By William G. Peck (1869)
Ganot, Adolphe, 1804-1887, Peck, William Guy, 1820-1892 · New York A.S. Barnes · leaf 484
a second arm,DO, perpendicular to the first,called the crank handle. TheFl&- 318- power is applied to the crank handle, and the resistance to a rope wrapped around the axle. Thewindlass is principally used in raising weights. The capstan differs from the windlass in having its axis vertical,and… … Fig. 819. the resistance to the hlock of the movable pulley 460. This differs from thecommon windlass, in having anaxle formed by two drums, Aand B, of different diameters.A cord is attached to the largercylinder and wrapped severaltimes around it, after which it• passes under a movable pulley,C,…
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