Igitur si plus lingula vectis supra hypomochlion posita sub onus subierit et caput eius propius centrum pressiones habuerit, non poterit onus elevare, nisi, quemadmodum supra scriptum est, examinatio vectis longitudinis per caput neque ductionibus fuerit facta.
Therefore if the shorter end of the lever, being applied above the fulcrum, goes too far under the load, and the longer arm has the fulcrum too near the centre, it will not be able to raise the load, unless (as it has been written above) the long arm of the lever is balanced from the end, and not by pressing down the centre.
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