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... obtaining large force or torque amplification or as a self - locking clamp ; the latter effect is obtained if the links are allowed to go slightly past the toggle position and held there by a stop . There are a number of useful linkage ...
... obtaining large force or torque amplification or as a self - locking clamp ; the latter effect is obtained if the links are allowed to go slightly past the toggle position and held there by a stop . There are a number of useful linkage ...
Page 675
... obtained . Similarly , a rhumb line course can be obtained from a Mercator map . This map , named after Gerardus Mercator , a Belgian mathe- matician and geographer , who first published the map in 1568 , represents longitude as the ...
... obtained . Similarly , a rhumb line course can be obtained from a Mercator map . This map , named after Gerardus Mercator , a Belgian mathe- matician and geographer , who first published the map in 1568 , represents longitude as the ...
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... obtained by fixing a pivot for a bar . Linear displacement is obtained by motion in a groove , but it is frequently more practical to use the fact that a linear displacement is approximated by a circular motion of large radius . The ...
... obtained by fixing a pivot for a bar . Linear displacement is obtained by motion in a groove , but it is frequently more practical to use the fact that a linear displacement is approximated by a circular motion of large radius . The ...
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