If the lever is pulled to clear a signal or move a switch, the tappet moves a short distance lengthwise at the same time.

If the distance from the fulcrum to the input force is less than from the fulcrum to the output force, then the lever reduces the input force.

If this happens, the resulting lever angle created will not be as effective as if aligned with the oarlock or slightly behind it.

If later required, a piece of adhesive tape can be placed over the indentation to bypass the protection, or ( on some decks ), the lever can be manually depressed to record on a protected tape.

If the motion goes far enough, this motion causes the lever arms to pull down on a thrust bearing, which moves a beam linkage, which reduces the aperture of a throttle valve.

If you spot a fire or emergency you should call 911 or run to the nearest street corner and pull the lever down.

If the whole weight of the triangle rests at I, it exerts the same torque on the lever as if the infinitely small weight of every cross-section EH parallel to the axis of the parabola rests at the point G where it intersects the lever.

If one lamp fails during a presentation, the presenter can merely move a lever to slide the spare into position and continue with the presentation, without needing to open the projection unit or waiting for the failed bulb to cool before replacing it.

If the chain is not being used for a high wear application ( for instance if it is just transmitting motion from a hand operated lever to a control shaft on a machine, or a sliding door on an oven ), then one of the simpler types of chain may still be used.

If more than one contestant is tied for the lead, the host pulls the lever and all four contestants are in danger of dropping.

If the risk is refused, the contestant pulls the lever to see what would have happened had the contestant taken the risk.

If road conditions are irregular, these vehicles can be used in 2WD mode with the locks engaged ( by disengaging 4WD with the internal lever or switch ) and 4WD needs only to be engaged when road conditions require it.

If the lever is free to move based on the locking bed, contacts on the levers actuate the switches and signals which are operated electrically or electro-pneumatically.

Avram Goldstein wrote in 1979: " If a monkey is provided with a lever, which he can press to self-inject heroin, he establishes a regular pattern of heroin use — a true addiction — that takes priority over the normal activities of his life ...

If we arrange matters so that when an animal presses a lever, it gets a shot of heroin into a vein, that animal will press the lever repeatedly, to the exclusion of other activities ( food, sex, etc.

If the opposite is true that the distance from the fulcrum to the input point A is less than from the fulcrum to the output point B, then the lever reduces the magnitude of the input force.

If the selector lever was in reverse or moved to reverse after the engine stopped, two mechanical parts combined to provide a parking brake.

If two bicycles have different crank lengths but are otherwise identical, a longer lever arm gives a greater mechanical advantage.

If they got a question wrong then the child would pull a lever ( green for snot, yellow for custard and blue for R. A. W ) and one of the types of gunge would be dropped on them.

On an ophicleide in C, this normally open tone hole is the acoustic bell, with the bell itself having little effect on sound or pitch, and the sound produced with no key levers pressed is a C. If the player presses the lever for this normally open tone hole, that hole is closed and now-longer air column extends past this hole up to the bell, lowering the pitch by one half step to B ( On a B-flat instrument, the " all fingers off " pitch is B-flat, and with the normally open hole closed the pitch is lowered to A ).

If the signal is red ( or double red ), with or without a lunar white, the trip arm rises enough for its crossbar to strike a " trip valve " or " tripcock " lever on the bottom of a train's first car as it passes ; and by doing so triggers the emergency brakes of the train.

If the levers are not mounted on the handlebar, the rider would have to move a hand from the handlebars to the gear lever to change gears.

If we are to believe the list of titles printed in Malraux's latest book, La Metamorphose Des Dieux, Vol. 1 ( ( 1957 ), he is still engaged in writing a large novel under his original title.

If Holstein-Beck's Dutch column were destroyed, the Allied army would be split in two: Eugene's wing would be isolated from Marlborough's, passing the initiative to the Franco-Bavarian forces now engaged across the whole plain.

If the engine is running with clutch engaged and the transmission in neutral, the engine spins the input shaft of the transmission, but no power is transmitted to the wheels.

If the trip mechanism is operated when the clutch would otherwise disengage the clutch remains engaged.

If the case should arise, they are resolved, and prepared, to employ without delay all the forces at their command, and it is impossible to foresee the end of hostilities once engaged.

" If similar trade goods were involved in the Manhattan arrangement ", Burrows and Wallace surmise, " then the Dutch were engaged in high-end technology transfer, handing over equipment of enormous usefulness in tasks ranging from clearing land to drilling wampum.

If the sound editor wants to communicate that a driver is in a hurry to leave, he will cut the sound of tires squealing when the car accelerates from a stop ; even if the car is on a dirt road, the effect will work if the audience is dramatically engaged.

If he was not personally engaged in the prosecution of the Scipiones ( Africanus and Asiaticus ) for corruption, it was his spirit that animated the attack upon them.

If the combatant is engaged in " armed conflict not of an international character " then under the Article 3 of the general provisions of the Geneva Conventions they should be " treated humanely ", and if tried " sentences must ... be pronounced by a regularly constituted court "

If this is the correct explanation, then the Heke's ambush was only partially successful, as Kawiti's men, fearing their chief had fallen, returned towards the pā and the British forces engaged in battle with the Māori rebels immediately behind the pā.

If on the occasion of a conflict of the nature mentioned in Article 2, or at a time when neither of the Contracting Parties is engaged in warlike operations, a coalition is formed between third Powers with a view to the economic or financial boycott of either of the Contracting Parties, the other Contracting Party undertakes not to adhere to such coalition.

If a prospective member is engaged or plans to marry in the first year, their fiance must apply as well.

If he did not, we are engaged in a blasphemy.

If it's false, we're engaged in a great fraud.

If the radio was a digitally-tuned receiver, this switch usually engaged an " ARI-seek " mode which had the radio seek for any ARI station if it was out of range of the currently-tuned ARI station.

If this is the correct explanation, then the Heke's ambush was only partially successful, as Kawiti's men, fearing their chief had fallen, returned towards the pā and the British forces engaged in battle with the Māori rebels immediately behind the pā.

If a calling party places a call to a called party which is otherwise engaged, and the called party has the call waiting feature enabled, the called party is able to suspend the current telephone call and switch to the new incoming call ( typically, this is done by pushing the flash button ), and can then negotiate with the new or the current caller an appropriate time to ring back.

If the PC muscle is not engaged then it is impossible to improve the muscle tone or strengthen the muscle.

The spirited Sarah is engaged to Lord Hugh, a wealthy but rigid young nobleman, but she and her music teacher have fallen in love (" If You Could Only Come With Me ").

The album was released on September 18, 2007 and a tour billed as Broken Social Scene Performs Kevin Drew's Spirit If ... was engaged in late 2007.

If the I Corps had engaged in either battle the outcome of the campaign might have been different.

If a recognizable person, or talent ( e. g., an astronaut or a noted personality engaged to narrate a film ) appears in NASA material, use for commercial purposes may infringe a right of privacy or publicity.

If no trance dance was being performed, and that means the great majority of the time, the healer held no special position and engaged in the usual pursuits like anyone else.