One of the few surviving original models of this invention resides at the University of Coimbra in Portugal.
One of the few surviving original models of this invention resides at the University of Coimbra in Portugal. It first appeared in the 1784 work A Treatise on the Rectilinear Motion, a textbook on Newtonian mechanics. Named after its British inventor, FTP what is this device, a staple of first-year physics labs, consisting of a pulley and two unequal weights, which has nothing to do with the author of The Blind Assassins and The Handmaid's Tale?
One of the few surviving original models of this invention resides at the University of Coimbra in Portugal.
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