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First-order lever
This first-order lever, of nearly the same design as item inv. 1007, was probably used to show the action of an oblique effort. There is a beam with two notches and twelve small equidistant nails indicating the points where the effort could be applied. The weight that served as effort was applied to [...]
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Mechanics
- mechanics (physics)
Type of item
- Lever
- Simple machines
- http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300167846
Providing institution
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- late 18th cent.
- 1800
- 1781
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:416009
Extent
- 460x190x400 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
Is part of
- Lorraine collection
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/biography/WillemJacobSGravesande.html
Year
- 1781
- 1800
Providing country
- Italy