 Few people in witnessing the use of a hammer, or in using one themselves, ever think of it as an engine giving out tons of force, concentrating and applying power by functions which if performed by other mechanism would involve trains of gearing, levers...  The Common School Teacher - Page 1141876Full view - About this book
 | Alfred Ely Beach - 1875 - 616 pages
...steel, namely, 131,909 pounds per square inch. THE COMMON HAMMER. FEW people, says Mr. J. Richards, in witnessing the use of a hammer, or in using one...in any direction that the will may direct. A simple hand hammer is, in the abstract, one of the most intricate of mechanical agents, that is, its action... | |
 | John Richards - 1876 - 214 pages
...considered — a matter which may be illustrated by considering the action of a simple hand-hammer. Few people, in witnessing the use of a hammer, or...; and that such mechanism, if employed instead of a hammer, must lack that important function of applying force in any direction as the will and hands... | |
 | 1876 - 396 pages
...effected in the simplest manner and yet with the most potent results. " Few people," says one writer, "in witnessing the use of a hammer, or in using one...would involve trains of gearing levers or screws." "While admiring the extraordinary results produced by this uncomplicated agent in mechanics we are... | |
 | 1874 - 636 pages
...not generally considered; as may be illustrated by investigating the action of a simple hand hammer. Few people in witnessing the use of a hammer, or in...in any direction that the will may direct. A simple hand hammer is in the abstract one of the most intricate of mechanical agents, that is, its action... | |
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