Compound lever could be measured. Compound lever The compound lever is a simple machine operating on the premise that the resistance from one lever in a system of levers will act as power for the next, and thus the applied force will be amplified from one lever to the next (as long as the mechanical advantage for each lever is greater than one). Almost all scales use some sort of compound lever to work. Other examples include nail clippers and piano keys. A lever arm uses the fulcrum to lift the load using and intensifying an applied force. In practice, conditions may
Little Lever Little Lever Little Lever is a large village within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. Historically in Lancashire, it is southeast of Bolton, west of Radcliffe and west-southwest of Bury. During the 19th century the population was employed in cotton mills, paper mills, bleach works, terracotta works, a rope works and in numerous collieries. Lever is derived from the Old English "laefre", which means place where the rushes grow. The township was recorded as Parua Lefre in 1212, from the Latin, "parva" meaning little. The name was recorded in several ways, Lethre in 1221, Leuere in 1278,