Snow, Benjamin Warner, 1860- · Madison, Wis. · leaf 132
, or the axle, while the force F that is to overcome, orraise, this weight is applied to the circumference of the largerwheel, frequently by a cord wrappedin the opposite direction about it.The radii of the wheel and the axlemay be taken as 9\ and n respectively.If the system is in equilibrium… … Fig The wheel and axle. F.27rr„ while the weight will be lifted through a distance equal to thecircumference of the axle, and an amount of Avork will be doneupon it equal to W-27rr,. With the exception of the energy expended in overcoming fric-tion, which in this machine is larger than in the…
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