A natural philosophy : embracing the most recent discoveries in the various branches of physics, and exhibiting the application of scientific principles in everyday life .. (1899)
Quackenbos, G. P. (George Payn), 1826-1881 · New York, Cincinnati [etc.], American book company · leaf 111
boatmen turn the barrel of the windlass halfway over. It Is heldthere by a suitable apparatus, till the handspikes are removed and put in anew row of holes, when the process is repeated. The windlass acts on thesame principle as the capstan, but is less convenient, on account of the man-ner in… … THE PULLEY. The Pulley. 230. The Pulley is the third of the simple mechanicalFig. 108. powers. It consists of a wheel with a grooved circumference, over which a ropepasses, and an axis or pin, round whichthe wheel may be made to turn. Theends of the axis are fixed in a framecalled a block. Fig. 108…
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