 | 1843 - 350 pages
...more power than the same force applied to its axle, in proportion as the circumference or diameter of the wheel is greater than that of the axle. If the diameter of the wheel be ten times that of the axle, any force applied to the wheel will have the same... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1844 - 276 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... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Astronomy - 1844 - 370 pages
...see that, in turning together, the wheel would take up, or throw off, as much more rope than the axle as the circumference of the wheel is greater than that of the axle. If the proportions were as four to one, one pound, at b, hanging from the circumference of the wheel, would... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Biography - 1844 - 344 pages
...see that, in turning together, the wheel would take up, or throw ofF, as much more rope than the axle as the circumference of the wheel is greater than that of the axle. If the proportions were as four to one, one pound, at J, hanging from the circumference of the wheel, would... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - Physics - 1844 - 610 pages
...correspond to each other, and the number of teeth in the wheel will be as much greater than in the pinion, as the circumference of the wheel is greater than that of the pinion. Therefore it follows, that the number of teeth in a wheel, and of leaves in the pinion that... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - Physics - 1844 - 618 pages
...correspond to each other, and the number of teeth in the wheel will be as much greater than in the pinion, as the circumference of the wheel is greater than that of the pinion. Therefore it follows, that the number of teeth in a wheel, and of leaves in the pinion that... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - Physics - 1846 - 454 pages
...that the power applied at the circumference of the wheel must move as much fester than the weight, as the circumference of the wheel is greater than that of the axle. same space, and no mechanical force is either gained or lost ; but in the movable pulley represented... | |
 | George Grant - Knowledge and learning - 1849 - 328 pages
...than that of the axle, as it is further from the centre of motion; for the wheel describes a large circle in the same space of time that the axle describes...than that of the axle. If the velocity of the wheel were twelve times greater than that of the axle, a power nearly twelve times less than the weight of... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Physics - 1849 - 418 pages
...smaller wheel or cylinder, which is the axle, and W the weight to be raised. The advantage gained is in proportion as the circumference of the wheel is greater than that of the axle. That is, if the circumference of the wheel be six times the circumference of the axle, then a power... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Physics - 1850 - 408 pages
...smaller wheel or cylinder, which is the axle, and W the weight to be raised. The advantage gamed is in proportion as the circumference of the wheel is greater than that of the axle. That is, if the circumference of the wheel be six times the circumference of the axle, then a power... | |
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... 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... 
