A text book of elementary mechanics, for the use of colleges and schools (1881)
Dana, Edward Salisbury, 1849-1935 · New York, J. Wiley & sons · leaf 237
ket is raised from a well, thepower acting at the end of a crank-arm (Fig. 148). Italso applies to the steering-wheel of a ship, where thepower is applied to the handles on the circumference;or to the capstan (Fig. 149), where the axis is vertical,the power acts on a handle, and the rope connected… … FlG.148. As the spring unwinds its force diminishes; but by meansof the fusee it is made to act on a continually increasinglever-arm, and by a proper adjustment the moment, orturning power of the force, can be kept constant.
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