Compound lever the force of pushing back the stick to the levers and they rub against the wheels, using friction to slow and eventually stop the train. These are everyday applications of this mechanism. A piano key is a compound lever of the first-class, since the fulcrum is between the weight to be moved and the power. The purpose of this lever is to translate a small movement (depression of the key) into a larger and fast movement of the hammer on the strings. The quality of the resulting tone depends on whether the final speed is brought about by gradual or
Évelyne Lever specifically for an American audience. She continues to write on and about 18th-century history. French English Évelyne Lever Évelyne Lever (known simply in English as Evelyne Lever) is a contemporary French historian and writer. She was married to a French historian, Maurice Lever, who is the author of "Sade". Lever was previously a research engineer at CNRS, and then began to focus more on 18th-century history. In particular, she focuses on certain people, including Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and Madame de Pompadour. "Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France" was her first book to be published in the United States.