A textbook on mechanical and electrical engineering (1898)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton : International Textbook Co., [1898-99] · leaf 365
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… … Fig. 144. 932. It will be seen that the wheel and axle bears thesame relation to the train that the simple lever does to thecompound lever; that is, tJie contimicdproduct of the poiverand the radii of the driven zvheels equals the conti)inedproductof the weight, the radius of the drum that moves…
Electrical engineering · Mechanical engineering
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