Compound lever sudden movement of the key. The earliest remaining writings regarding levers date from the 3rd century BC and were provided by Archimedes. ""Give me a place to stand, and I shall move the earth with a lever"" is a remark attributed to Archimedes, who formally stated the correct mathematical principle of levers (quoted by Pappus of Alexandria). The idea of the compound lever is attributed to the Birmingham inventor John Wyatt in 1743, when he designed a weighing machine that used four compound levers to transfer a load from a weighing platform to a central lever from which the weight
The World Was Wide Enough his shot by aiming at the sky. Burr remarks the fact that the duel took place in the same spot where Hamilton's son was killed in a duel. Hamilton, as the bullet approaches him, breaks into a soliloquy, wondering if his death will be his legacy and mentioning some of his deceased friends who await him "on the other side" before dying. Burr then discusses the aftermath of the duel, as he was ushered away from his opponent and retreated to a bar for a drink. He laments on how he is now considered a villain in Hamilton's history rather