Weight transferred between a fixed and a moving cord
A restatement of the rule for a rod hung by two cords
This faintly written page restates the core rule of Leonardo's suspended-rod problem: if one of the two cords holding the rod is fixed and the other moves toward it, weight is drawn off the fixed cord and combines with the weight carried by the movable one. The single note is numbered 41, tying it into the running sequence of propositions on this theme. No diagram accompanies the text on this leaf.
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Weight leaves the fixed cord and joins the moving one
If one of the cords is fixed and the other moves toward it, weight moves from the fixed cord and joins with the weight of the movable cord. The note is numbered 41 in Leonardo's sequence.