10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHINESE WINDLASS»
Discover the use of
Chinese windlass in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Chinese windlass and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 4, Physics and ...
The history of the related machine known as the 'Chinese windlass' is also
obscure. Old textbooks of physics sometimes give it as an example of differential
motion, for the axle carries two drums of different diameters (Fig. 398) on which
the ...
THE CHINESE WINDLASS. 86. Let A a be an axis to which are fixed two
cylinders, b and c, nearly of the same diameter, and let a cord be coiled round b,
passed under a pulley, d, and then brought back and coiled in the opposite
direction ...
Thomas Baker (C.E.),
1852
J. J. THE CHINESE WINDLASS P. H. E. — I enclose a sketch of a hoisting device.
Suppose that the diameter of the wheel A is 42 inches, and that the diameters of
the drums B and C are 10 inches and 8% inches, respectively; how large a ...
4
Elements of Practical Mechanism and Machine Tools
THE CHINESE WINDLASS. 86. Let a a, Fig. 63, be an axis to which are fixed two
cylinders, b and c, nearly of the same diameter, and let a cord he coiled round b,
passed under a pulley, d, and then brought back and coiled in the opposite ...
Thomas Baker, James Nasmyth,
1882
5
Elements of Mechanism: Elucidating the Scientific Principles ...
THE CHINESE WINDLASS. 86. Let A a be an axis to which are fixed two
cylinders, b and c, nearly of the same diameter, and let a cord be coiled round b,
passed under a pulley, D, and then brought back and coiled in the opposite
direction ...
6
A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other ...
[Book I. CHAPTER X. The Windlass: Its origin unknown — Employed in raising
water from wells, and ore from mines — Chinese windlass — Other inventions of
that people, as table forks, winnowing machines, &c. Sic. Fusee: Its application to
...
7
Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology
Chinese windlass see differential windlass. Chino Textiles, a cotton twill fabric
often used in making military uniforms and work clothes or casual wear. Chinook
[sha nuk'; cha nuk] Meteorology. 1. a warm and moist wind in the northwestern ...
Christopher G. Morris,
1992
Another useful application of the wheel and axle is that shown in Figures 2 and 5,
the latter being a model of the Chinese windlass. This machine is also called a
differential windlass. It consists of an axle of two diameters, the rope winding of?
9
Natural philosophy. Mechanics
Differential Wheel and Axle, or Chinese Windlass. — In cases where great
resistance has to be overcome, the difficulty of so proportioning the ratio of the
power to the weight, as to make the machine efficient without reducing the
strength of the ...
10
The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette
The eighth consists in employing a second barrel, with grooves, for the purpose
of keeping the cable straight — another modification of the Chinese windlass,
with the grooves substituted for the intermediate pulleys. The ninth is the Chinese
...