Mathematical elements of natural philosophy, confirm'd by experiments : or, An introduction to Sir Isaac Newton's philosophy (1747)
Gravesande, Willem Jacob 's, 1688-1742, Desaguliers, J. T. (John Theophilus), 1683-1744, tr, Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. BRL, John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) BRL · London : Printed for W. Innys, T. Longman and T. Shewell, C. Hitch ..., and M. Senex ... · leaf 158
re parallel. Experiment 5. 271. When the End of the running Rope, which was fixd in the Plate IX. former Experiments, is joind to the Weight, or to the Box car- ^^ ^ rying the Sheaves moveable with the Weight, the Ratio of the Power to the Weight is no longer as i to twice the Number of the Sheaves… … Chap. 14. of Natural Phihfophy, 55 CHAP. XIV. Of the Wedge and Screw^ the fourth and fifth of the ftmple Machines. FROM what we have already faid, it appears fufficiently,how by help of a fmall Power a great Weight may be fuf-taind or raisd. The mechanical Art is not reftraind to thofeUfes alone;…
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