Sentences with phrase «law of the lever»

One was the «Method of Mechanical Theorems,» which describes the law of the lever and a technique to calculate a body's center of gravity — essentially the one still used today.

Ever since we discovered the law of the lever it was a simple matter to reason given a large enough lever and the right fulcrum a bloke like me could move the earth.

Not exact matches

And now that Donald Trump and a GOP Congress hostile to the law control the levers of power in Washington, some other insurers are feeling free to follow suit.

The subject lacks what Benedict XVI calls «breathing room,» which is a point the theologian Matthew Levering proves he understands when, in his new book Biblical Natural Law, he urges theologians to take a more active interest in the doctrine of natural lLaw, he urges theologians to take a more active interest in the doctrine of natural lawlaw.

But do not be fooled into thinking that the issue of law and order was created in the minds of men like John Mitchell and Richard Nixon as a lever to lift themselves to power.

But the right to bargain collectively is offset by the law's denial to public sector unions of labor's major lever to achieve its bargaining goals — the strike.

Researchers have built a modern - day Enigma machine that relies on the quirky laws of quantum mechanics instead of the rotors and levers of the famous World War II — era code machines.

«The proposed regulations bolster some of the key equity levers in the law that we fought for alongside partners in the business, civil rights, and disability communities, including:

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Arguing in favor of the law banning lying is the sad irony that quite often those with their hands on the very levers of democracy, free elections and the right to vote — candidates, their handlers, public and special interest groups — don't trust the public to make the right decision based on an honest and robust debate over the issues, but instead find it incumbent to win by smearing the opposing candidate.