Simple and Complex Machines
Educational instruments for studying mechanics included models of simple machines, such as levers, screws, pulleys, winches, and inclined planes; and models of complex machines, such as cranes and pile drivers. These models were used to demonstrate the technical applications of the laws of physics.
Apparatus for showing the effects of the centrifugal force
Inv. 1384
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.
Apparatus to illustrate reflection in elastic shocks
Inv. 1502
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Cogwheels
Inv. 1387
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Endless screw
Inv. 1388
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
First-order lever
Inv. 1002
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.
First-order lever
Inv. 1007
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.
First-order lever as balance beam
Inv. 1383
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Lever suspended at both ends
Inv. 1409, 3755
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Model illustrating the human arm as third-order lever
Inv. 1010
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Model winch
Inv. 1504
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Multi-lever apparatus
Inv. 1005
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Screw
Inv. 521
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Stand with tackles
Inv. 984, 1389, 1398, 1399
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Third-order lever
Inv. 1008
Maker unknown, second half 19th cent.