A textbook on mechanical and electrical engineering (1898)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton : International Textbook Co., [1898-99] · leaf 364
red to hoist a weight with awindlass. Fig. 143, the force isapplied to the handle of the crank,and the distance between the cen- F^^- ^^s. ter line of the crank-handle and the axis of the drum corre-sponds to the radius of the wheel. Example.—If the distance between the center line of the handle… … 340 ELEMENTARY MECHANICS. 931. \VhecI>vork.—A combination of wheels and axles,as in Fig. 144, is called a train. The wheel in a train towhich motion is imparted from a wheel on another shaft,by such means as a belt or gearing, is called the drivenwheel or follower; the wheel which imparts the…
Electrical engineering · Mechanical engineering
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