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James Watt Straight Line Motion

James Watt Straight Line Motion

One of sixteen mechanisms built on an A3 board equally suitable for the classroom, drawing office or laboratory. The principal components are made from amber coloured Perspex, pivoted with hollow rivets, and mounted on a white melamine board for contrast and visibility. To see the mechanisms move is far more instructive and convincing than listening to a static lecture. The hollow rivets accept a pencil for transferring the loci of the joints to a sheet of paper, clipped to the board.This early attempt to guide a point P on a machine to move in an approximate straight line consists of three links connected together with fixed pivots at A and D. The mid-point of BC is constrained to move in a nearly straight line.

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James Watt Straight Line Motion

Interlabs presents James Watt Straight Line Motion, listed under our Physics Mechanism Instruments range. This product page brings together the available product information to help laboratories, educational institutions, engineering departments and procurement teams assess its relevance.

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One of sixteen mechanisms built on an A3 board equally suitable for the classroom, drawing office or laboratory. The principal components are made from amber coloured Perspex, pivoted with hollow rivets, and mounted on a white melamine board for contrast and visibility. To see the mechanisms move is far more instructive and convincing than listening to a static lecture. The hollow rivets accept a pencil for transferring the loci of the joints to a sheet of paper, clipped to the board.This early attempt to guide a point P on a machine to move in an approximate straight line consists of three links connected together with fixed pivots at A and D. The mid-point of BC is constrained to move in a nearly straight line.

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