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57.—Second Pulley System. Elementary Mechanics, Including Hydrostatics and Pneumatics. Revised edition (1882)

The only system of pulleys frequently employed for hoisting is what is called the second system, where there are two blocks of pulleys, one attached to the weight, and the other to the beam; and where [...]

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58.—Screw Lever Pointer. Elementary Mechanics, Including Hydrostatics and Pneumatics. Revised edition (1882)

139. A combination of levers is sometimes used, but more often for the purpose of magnifying small motions than for exerting great force; that is, for increasing the factorsin the product work at the [...]

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59.—Screw Press. Elementary Mechanics, Including Hydrostatics and Pneumatics. Revised edition (1882)

A lever and an inclined plane may be combined together into a screw-press, the incluned plane being coiled up into a spiral or screw-thread (fig. 59). For every complete revolution of the lever, the [...]

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60.—Chinese Capstan. Elementary Mechanics, Including Hydrostatics and Pneumatics. Revised edition (1882)

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 [...]

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61.—Wheel and axle comined with a screw. Elementary Mechanics, Including Hydrostatics and Pneumatics. Revised edition (1882)

A wheel and axle may be combined with a screw, as shewn in the contrivance of fig. 61. When the handle is turned, the screw-thread on its axle sends the cog-wheel forward one tooth for every revolutio [...]

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