![[Picture: 60.—Chinese Capstan.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Lodge-ElementaryMechanics/pages/60-Chinese-Capstan/60-Chinese-Capstan-q90-422x500.jpg "[Picture: 60.—Chinese Capstan.]")
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A pulley is often used in conjunction with a capstan, the rope passing round a pulley attached to the weight, and the mechanical advantage of the capstan is thereby doubled. Moreover, the free end of the rope, instead of being rigidly fixed, may be coiled
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