Well's natural philosophy : for the use of schools, academies and privte students, introducing the latest results of scientific discovery and research ; arranged with special reference to the practical application of physical science to the arts and the experiences of everyday life ; with three hundred and seventy-five engravings (1873)
Wells, David A · New York : Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor and Co. · leaf 103
the article weighed,from the fulcrum is diminished, and the weight Q, at the given distance uponthe opposite side of the fulcrum, wOl balance a proportionally greater resist-ance, or weight. Describe the ^^^ ^^^ Ordinary balance is a lever of the first class, with ordinary bal- equal arms, in which… … Fig. G8. surface of hardened steel, oi agate, in order that the beammay turn easily. The scale-pans are suspended by chainsfrom points precisely at equaldistances from the fulcrum,and being themselves adjustedso as to have precisely equal■weights, the two sides will perfectly balance when the pans…
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