Inducuntur uti centra axiculi in orbiculos et in trocleis conlocantur, per quos orbiculos funis circumactus directis ductionibus et in sucula conlocatus vectium versationibus onerum facit egressus in altum.
Axles are fixed as centres for the pulleys and fitted into blocks. The rope is taken round over the pulleys and drawn straight down; and being coiled round a windlass, when the levers are turned, causes the load to rise upwards.
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