Atwood's machine

Structure of mechanism
Function	There is a wooden base with four small wheels (two on each side) around one large wheel. Only one small wheel causes the large wheel to turn, but the large wheel causes all the small wheels to turn.

Guidance function
Trace of a dedicated point on follower	Open trace
Dimension of mechanism	spatial

Application
Examples of application	The device is used to study the fall of bodies with a low acceleration value (the fall is slowed by another body of smaller mass) and/or the conservation of mechanical energy.

Permanent links

DMG-Lib		https://www.dmg-lib.org/dmglib/handler?mcdsc=3008025
Europeana		http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2020801/dmglib_handler_mcdsc_3008025.html