Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 10. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 740
... equal to the task . Pulleys have often Pulleys have often been used by inhuman tyrants , in conftructing ma- chines for torturing the objects of their cruelty . MECHANICS F E D B K Dh R B B. 26 Reason of The pulley has by fome writers ...
... equal to the task . Pulleys have often Pulleys have often been used by inhuman tyrants , in conftructing ma- chines for torturing the objects of their cruelty . MECHANICS F E D B K Dh R B B. 26 Reason of The pulley has by fome writers ...
Page 766
... equal to that of an underfhot whofe head is equal to the difference of level between the furface of the water in the refer- voir and the point where it ftrikes the wheel , added to that of an overfhot , whofe height is equal to the ...
... equal to that of an underfhot whofe head is equal to the difference of level between the furface of the water in the refer- voir and the point where it ftrikes the wheel , added to that of an overfhot , whofe height is equal to the ...
Page 775
... equal spaces , the moving forces will be in a ratio compounded of the duplicate ratio of the velocities laft acquired , and the ratio of the quantities of matter moved . It is from hence inferred , that in retarded motions alfo , if ...
... equal spaces , the moving forces will be in a ratio compounded of the duplicate ratio of the velocities laft acquired , and the ratio of the quantities of matter moved . It is from hence inferred , that in retarded motions alfo , if ...
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