Toothed wheels, shafts and a question on suspended weights
Mechanical sketches with a note on which of three hangings feels more of a 10-pound load
A montage of two paper fragments: the upper one carries mechanical sketches of toothed wheels, disks on shafts, an articulated device at lower left and a bladed wheel at the right, while a lower strip bears a short note headed 'Cords and counterweights'. That note poses a problem in statics, asking which of the suspension points f, n or m bears more of hanging 10-pound weights, and how much and why. Much of the sheet's mirror-script is not included in the transcription, so further untranscribed text is present.
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Which suspension feels more of the hanging 10-pound weights
A note headed 'Cords and counterweights' poses a statics problem with the label string m n f and the values 10 10 10. It asks which of the suspension points f, n or m senses more of the suspended weights of 10 pounds, and how much and why.
Toothed wheels and disks on horizontal shafts
The upper fragment is filled with mechanical sketches: several toothed wheels and flat disks mounted on horizontal shafts, an articulated jointed device at the lower left, and a bladed or paddle wheel at the right. No transcription is given for these elements beyond the curatorial labels.