Quemadmodum etiam ferreus vectis cum est admotus ad onus, quod manuum multitudo non potest movere, supposita uti centro citro porrecta pressione, quod Graeci hypomochlion appellant, et lingua sub onus subdita, caput eius unius hominis viribus pressum id onus extollit.
After the same fashion, when an iron lever is applied to a weight which a multitude of hands could not move, a fulcrum is placed under it on the nearer side as a centre (which the Greeks call hypomochlion). The short end of the lever is placed under the load, and the long end of the lever, when it is pressed down by one mans strength, raises the load.
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