| Daniel Pereira Gardner - Agriculture - 1846 - 898 pages
...POVERTY GRASS. Aristida dichotoma. A grass growing on steril places. POWER. In mechanics, denoting a force which, being applied to a machine, tends to produce motion. A mechanical poiver denotes one of the six simple machines, viz., the lever, the inclined plane, the... | |
| John Weale - 1850 - 590 pages
...inferior to that which had been previously made on the same ground. Power, in mechanics: this denotes a force which, being applied to a machine, tends to produce motion or pressure Power, horse, in mechanics, an expression used to denote the power of a steam engine, that... | |
| John Weale - Architecture - 1850 - 600 pages
...inferior to that which had been previously made on the same ground. Power, in mechanics: this denotes a force which, being applied to a machine, tends to produce motion or pressure Power, horse, in mechanics, an expression used to denote the power of a steam engine, that... | |
| John Weale - Architecture - 1859 - 622 pages
...denotes a force which, being applied to a macliine, tends to produce motion or pressure Poirer, hnrse, in mechanics, an expression used to denote the power...standing still can by his strength keep a weight of 109 tbs. from falling, when suspended over a pulley, he will exert l^llbs. at two miles per hour; 100... | |
| William Thomas Brande, George William Cox - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1867 - 1090 pages
...certain powers should in specified cases be implied as of course. POWKB. In Mechanics, this term denotes a force which being applied to a machine tends to produce motion. A mechanical power denotes one of the six simple machines ; viz. the lever, the inclined plane, the... | |
| William Thomas Brande, George William Cox - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1867 - 1090 pages
...certain powers should in specified cases be implied as of course. POWER. In Mechanics, this term denotes a force which being applied to a machine tends to produce motion. J^ mechanical power denotes one of the six simple machines ; viz. tho lever, the inclined plane, the... | |
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