 | George Adams - 1794 - 606 pages
...to the line when in this lituation. When fo fituated, there will be an equilibrium, 'when the power is to the weight as the height of the plane is to it's biife. In other words, the mechanical advantage is in proportion as the loiglk of the plane exceeds... | |
 | Charles Henry Wilkinson - 1799 - 390 pages
...logarithmic curve, which correfponds to the progreffive dccreafe of elafticity. III. INCLINED PLANE.— Power is to the weight, as the height of the Plane is to the length of its bafe, IV. The PULLEY.— In a fixed Pulley, the power is equal to the weight. In this... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1824 - 224 pages
...equal to half the weight only. 39. In the inclined plane there will be an equilibrium, when the power is to the weight as the height of the plane is to the length. 40. In the wedge, the power will be to the weight as half the thickness of the wedge on the... | |
 | William Whewell - 1832 - 572 pages
...inclined plane, and supported by a string parallel to the plane, will be in equilibrium when the power is to the weight as the height of the plane is to its length. Fig. 26. An inclined plane is a plane inclined to the horizon, as AC ; and its height CB... | |
 | William Templeton (engineer.) - 1833 - 224 pages
...exceeds its perpendicular height ; hence, when the power acts parallel to the plane, the length of the plane is to the weight as the height of the plane is to the power. EXAMPLE ]. — Required the power capable of moving a weight of 300 Ibs. up an inclined plane 50 feet... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - 1835 - 308 pages
...when the power acts parallel to the plane, the length of the plane is to the weight, as the heigfit of the plane is to the power ; for the greater the...I. What power is requisite to move a weight of 100 Ibs. up an inclined plane, 6 feet long and 4 feet high ? If 6 : 4 :: 100 : 66| Ibs. power. EXAMPLE... | |
 | Robert Simson (master of Colebrooke house acad, Islington.) - 1838 - 206 pages
...inclined plane. What is the relation between the power and weight on the inclined plane? The power is to the weight as the height of the plane is to its length. What are the varieties of the inclined plane ? The wedge and screw. Give examples of the... | |
 | 1839 - 534 pages
...vertical position, Stevinus infers that, when a body is in equilibrio upon a plane, the retaining power is to the weight as the height of the plane is to its length ; and he further shows that if three forces act on any point, they hold the latter in equilibrio... | |
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... the length of the plane is to the weight, as the height of the plane is to the power; for the greater the angle, the greater the height. 
