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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en-GB"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 12:22, 27 December 2015</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:ArchimedesLever.jpg|300px|right]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:ArchimedesLever.jpg|300px|right]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes '''Archimedes''' (c. 287 BC – c. 212 BC)] is reputed to have once said ''“Give me a place to stand and with a lever I will move the whole world.”'' This is because, when using a '''[[:Category:Levers|lever]]''', it is not only the force exerted which matters, but also the distance it is applied from the '''Fulcrum''' so a small force exerted at the end of a long lever can lift a heavy load.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes '''Archimedes''' (c. 287 BC – c. 212 BC)] is reputed to have once said ''“Give me a place to stand and with a lever I will move the whole world.”''</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This is because, when using a '''[[:Category:Levers|lever]]''', it is not only the force exerted which matters, but also the distance it is applied from the '''Fulcrum''' so a small force exerted at the end of a long lever can lift a heavy load.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

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<p>Created article</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:ArchimedesLever.jpg|300px|right]]<br /> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes &#039;&#039;&#039;Archimedes&#039;&#039;&#039; (c. 287 BC – c. 212 BC)] is reputed to have once said &#039;&#039;“Give me a place to stand and with a lever I will move the whole world.”&#039;&#039; This is because, when using a &#039;&#039;&#039;[[:Category:Levers|lever]]&#039;&#039;&#039;, it is not only the force exerted which matters, but also the distance it is applied from the &#039;&#039;&#039;Fulcrum&#039;&#039;&#039; so a small force exerted at the end of a long lever can lift a heavy load.<br /> <br /> <br /> A &#039;&#039;&#039;Force&#039;&#039;&#039; multiplied by the distance it is applied from a &#039;&#039;&#039;Fulcrum&#039;&#039;&#039; or other fixed point &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;(F x D)&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; is known as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_%28physics%29 &#039;&#039;&#039;Moment of a Force&#039;&#039;&#039;] - &#039;&#039;(often shortened to simply &#039;&#039;&#039;Moment&#039;&#039;&#039;)&#039;&#039;. The &#039;&#039;&#039;Force&#039;&#039;&#039; is measured in &#039;&#039;&#039;[[newton|newtons]]&#039;&#039;&#039; and the &#039;&#039;&#039;Distance&#039;&#039;&#039; in metres giving units for a &#039;&#039;&#039;Moment of Force&#039;&#039;&#039; as a &#039;&#039;&#039;newton/metre&#039;&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;(Nm)&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;.[[File:MeasuringTorque.png|300px|right]]<br /> <br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Torque]]&#039;&#039;&#039; is a measure of the effort need to turn or twist an object about its axis and so it too is a &#039;&#039;&#039;Moment of Force&#039;&#039;&#039; measured in &#039;&#039;&#039;newton/metres&#039;&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;(Nm)&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Terminology]]</div>

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