A textbook on the locomotive and the air brake (1901)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, Pa., International textbook co · leaf 369
a force tobe exerted by the last lever of the combination. When a forceis applied to the first lever, it exerts a force that is applied tothe second lever; the force exerted by the second lever isapplied to the third; and so on. 48 THE NEW YORK AIR BRAKE. 17 Such a lever is shown in Fig. 14, in… … sufficient power at P to operate the first lever, the others willalso be operated, and the weight W of the third lever willbe raised. It will be noticed, also, that the force exerted by the end ofthe weight arm of the first lever is the power applied to thesecond, and the force exerted by the…
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