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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 510 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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LEVER (through O. Fr. leveour, levere, mod. levier, from See also:
LAT
Lat. levare, to lift, raise) , a See also:

MECHANICAL

mechanical See also:

DEVICE

device for raising bodies; the " See also:

SIMPLE

simple " See also:

lever consists of a rigid See also:

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FREE

free to move about a fixed point, termed the fulcrum; one point of the See also:

rod is connected to the piece to be moved, and See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power is applied at another point (see See also:

MECHANICS

MECHANICS) .

End of Article: LEVER (through O. Fr. leveour, levere, mod. levier, from Lat. levare, to lift, raise)

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