. The anatomical record. Anatomy; Anatomy. 318 LEVERAGE OF THE FOOT ing the pull of the calf muscles is read. This is always much greater than the amount of the weight and (with friction reduced to a minimum) in proportion to the relative length of the power and weight arms of a lever of the first class, the fulcrum being at a. Were this behaving as a lever of the second class, the power ---Weight Spring balance. arm would, of course, be longer than the weight arm, and the power needed to extend the foot would be less than the weight resting on the foot. Instead of using a fixed weight, c can


. The anatomical record. Anatomy; Anatomy. 318 LEVERAGE OF THE FOOT ing the pull of the calf muscles is read. This is always much greater than the amount of the weight and (with friction reduced to a minimum) in proportion to the relative length of the power and weight arms of a lever of the first class, the fulcrum being at a. Were this behaving as a lever of the second class, the power ---Weight Spring balance. arm would, of course, be longer than the weight arm, and the power needed to extend the foot would be less than the weight resting on the foot. Instead of using a fixed weight, c can be placed on a spring scale and pressure made downward upon the upper end of d. The reading of the scale will represent the weight of the body and that of the balance the pull of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bardeen, Charles Russell, 1871-1935, ed; Boyden, Edward A. (Edward Allen), 1886-1976; Bremer, John Lewis, 1874- ed; Hardesty, Irving, b. 1866, ed; American Association of Anatomists; American Society of Zoologists; Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology. [New York, etc. ] A. R. Liss [etc. ]


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