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" ... 2. When the prop is at one end of the lever, the power at the other, and the weight between them. "
Ferguson's Lectures on Select Subjects, in Mechanics, Hydrostatics ... - Page 54
by James Ferguson - 1814
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Boston School Compendium of Natural and Experimental Philosophy

Richard Green Parker - 1844 - 276 pages
...215. Give some oxamples of levers of the second kind. 217. In a lever of the third kind, the fulcrom is at one end, the weight at the other, and the power is applied between them. 218. In levers of this kind the power must always exceed the weight, in the...
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Dwight's American Magazine, Volume 3

Theodore Dwight - 1847 - 838 pages
...down by the Ei'Je. Next let us consider a moment how a lever of the second class is formed and moved. The prop is at one end, the weight at the other and the power applied betwef n them. For example, n fishing-rod. The fish hangs nl the farther rnd, one hand holds thr nearer...
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The Young Mill-wright and Miller's Guide

Oliver Evans - Flour mills - 1848 - 594 pages
...weight and power, but generally nearest the weight, as otherwise, there would be no gain of power. 3. When the prop is at one end, the weight at the...them. 4. The bended lever, which differs only in form, but not in properties, from Ihe others. Those of the first and second kind, have the same properties...
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A School Compendium of Natural and Experimental Philosophy: Embracing the ...

Richard Green Parker - Physics - 1849 - 418 pages
...constructed upon the principle of levers of the second kind.* 83. In a lever of the third kind, the fulcrum is at one end, the weight at the other, and the power is applied between them. 1. In levers of this kind the power must always exceed the weight, in the...
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A School Compendium of Natural and Experimental Philosophy: With a ...

Richard Green Parker - Physics - 1850 - 408 pages
...constructed upon the principle of levers of the second kind.* 83. In a lever of the third kind, the fulcrum is at one end, the weight at the other, and the power is applied between them. 1. In levers -of this kind the power must always exceed the weight, in the...
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A School Compendium of Natural and Experimental Philosophy ...: With a ...

Richard Green Parker - Physics - 1852 - 200 pages
...constructed upon the principle of levers of the second kind.* 83. In a lever of the third kind, the fulcrum is at one end, the weight at the other, and the power is applied between them. 1. In levers of this kind the power must always exceed the weight, in the...
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Mechanics and Mechanism: Being Elementary Essays and Examples for the Use of ...

Robert Scott Burn - Machinery - 1853 - 142 pages
...hung weights as the power. ~K fig. 23. The third description of lever is that in which the fulcrum is at one end, the weight at the other, and the power placed between them. At one time this was called the losing lever, because the power had to be greater...
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The Measure of the Circle: Perfected in January, 1845

John Davis (of Providence, R. I.) - Circle-squaring - 1854 - 170 pages
...than the power ; 2d, when the prop is at one end, the power at the other, and the weight between; 3d, when the prop is at one end, the weight at the other, and the power is applied between them ; the 4th differs from a lever of the first kind only in being bent. Levers...
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Scientific dialogues for ... young people. Revised by J.W. Griffith

Jeremiah Joyce - 1855 - 620 pages
...end of the lever, the power at the other, and the weight between them: the third is when the fuicrum is at one end, the weight at the other, and the power between them. 31. In all kinds of levers, the power is to the weight, as the distance of the weight...
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Elements of Experimental and Natural Philosophy: Being a Familiar and Easy ...

Jabez Hogg - Physics - 1861 - 594 pages
...fulcrum,cthepower applied to the cork b. The third description of lever is that in which the fulcrum is at one end, the weight at the other, and the power placed between them. It has been called the Losing lever, because the power had to be greater than...
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