 | John Ayrton Paris - Amusements - 1827 - 918 pages
...than that of the axle, as it is further from the centre of motion; for the wheel describes a great circle in the same space of time that the axle describes...increased in the same proportion as the circumference oi' the wheel is greater than that of the axle. Those who have ever drawn a bucket from a well by this... | |
 | Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1835 - 398 pages
...velocity of the circumference of the wheel is as much greater than that of the axle, as it is further from the centre of motion ; for the wheel describes...the weight of the bucket would be able to raise it. THE INCLINED PLANE. The fourth mechanical power is the inclined plane. This is nothing more than a... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand), John Lauris Blake - Astronomy - 1836 - 540 pages
...velocity of the circumference of the wheel is as much greater than that of the axle, as it is further from the centre of motion ; for the wheel describes...the weight of the bucket would be able to raise it. CAROLINE. In raising water, there is commonly, I believe, instead of a wheel attached to the axle,... | |
 | Readers (Elementary) - 1836 - 424 pages
...further from the centre of motion ; for the wheel describes a large circle in the same space of rtme that the axle describes a small one, therefore the...the weight of the bucket would be able to raise it. THE INCLINED PLANE. The fourth mechanical power is the inclined plane, This is nothing more than a... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - Physics - 1837 - 374 pages
...that the power applied at the circumference of the wheel must move as much faster than the weight, as the circumference of the wheel is greater than that of the axle. 182. In the pulley, when the rope merely passes over a fixed pulley, (as in Fig. 45,) the power and... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Physics - 1838 - 266 pages
...axle as it is further from the centre of motion ; for the wheel describes a great circle in the same time that the axle describes a small one; therefore...as the circumference of the wheel is greater than the axle. If the velocity of the wheel be twelve times greater than that of the axle, a power of one... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1838 - 348 pages
...a wheel fastened to it, or of a cylinder, with projecting spokes. LXXV. The advantage gained is in proportion as the circumference of the wheel is greater than that of the axis: or as the diameter of the wheel is greater than the diameter of the axis. I Exam. 1. To this... | |
 | Leonard Dunnell Gale - Physics - 1838 - 280 pages
...by examining the accompanying figs. 44, and 45. Pig. 44. Fig. 45. LXXX. The advantage gained is in proportion as the circumference of the wheel is greater than that of the axis ; or as the diameter of the wheel is greater than the diameter of the axis. Illustration. If the... | |
 | Jane Marcet - 1839 - 544 pages
...velocity of the circumference of the wheel is as much greater than that of the axle as it is further from the centre of motion ; for the wheel describes...the weight of the bucket would be able to raise it. CAROLINE. In raising water, there is commonly, I believe, instead of a wheel attached to the axle,... | |
 | Science - 1842 - 496 pages
...than that of the axle, as it is further from the centre of motion ; for the wheel describes a great circle in the same space of time that the axle describes...circumference of the wheel is greater than that of the axle. Those who have ever drawn a bucket from a well by this machine, must have observed, that as the bucket... | |
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... circle in the same space of time that the axle describes a small one, therefore the power is increased in the same proportion as the circumference of the wheel is greater than that of the axle. If the velocity of the wheel... 
