The advantage of an inclined plane can be seen by the following experiment.
The mice piled up the plaster in the form of a heap against the sides of the pot, in order to constitute an inclined plane whereby to reach the rim.
All that is to be done is to shovel the coal out of the hill-side, convey it in cars or by means of an inclined plane to the factory or foundry door, and dump it, ready for use.
The coal mined in the rooms in these long galleries is conveyed in a mule-drawn car to the mouth of the gallery, and if to be used by the foundries at the foot of the hill, is simply sent to its destination down an inclined plane.
The street is an inclined plane on one side, with a gentle declivity on the other.
By one great final effort it has been dragged up an inclined plane to the summit of the mound and has been set upon its feet.
Such steps as these give an inclination of about one in thirty-four, and the ramp on which they were used may be more justly compared to an inclined plane, like that of the Seville Giralda or the Mole of Hadrian, than to a staircase.
An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc.
An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair.
One of a pair of timbers or bars, usually arranged so as to form an inclined plane, as form a wagon to a door, along which anything is moved by sliding or rolling.
Motion of a homogeneous sphere or cylinder rolling upon an inclined plane, taking friction into account.
D part of the mandrel comprehended between X and Y, formed as an inclined plane, so as to preserve an interval equal to the diameter of the rod between the two surfaces that are to be welded together.
A table is mounted with a thick stout cover of level and well-smoothed wood, forming an inclined plane; that side where the operator stands at work being the lowest.
It is an inclined plane, sloped to the same degree as the bottom of the teeth of the wheel.
Why cannot a sphere remain at rest on an inclined plane?
A cylinder of wood, may be made to rise to a small distance up an inclined plane.
The spiral thread of the screw resembles, I think, an inclined plane: it is a sort of slope, by means of which the nut ascends more easily than it would do if raised perpendicularly; and it serves to support it when at rest.
They may have used an inclined plane, to the summit of which the obelisk was drawn by the force of innumerable arms, and then lowered by the gradual removal of the part supporting its lower end.
The same writer describes some existing remains of a similar structure at Karnak: it is a quadrilateral block, to which access was obtained by an inclined plane.
The interior was reached by a narrow passage in the thickness of the masonry, the entrance to which was reached by an inclined plane.
In descending such an inclined plane, if it should be found that the velocity is greater than 30 miles per hour, it should be reduced by gently applying the break.
When the Engine is highest on an inclined plane, rather a greater height of water must be kept over the fire-box than on a level, in order that the chimney ends of the tubes may be well covered.
The steps of this staircase are nearly all fallen, and the ascent is as on an inclined plane.
To save the beams, we constructed an inclined plane two or three feet above them, resting against the inner wall, which caught the stones and carried them off.
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