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realised that energy may be introduced at one point of a mechanism and 

 utilised at another. Transmission of energy along rods and belts and 

 across wheels is familiar to everybody ; and though some of the modes 

 of transmission may appear curious (e.g. through a belt it is transmitted 

 in the opposite direction to that in which the tight part of the belt is 

 moving) yet the modus operandi presents no difficulty when it is thoroughly 

 analysed. 



The object of this address has been to try to clear up some of the 

 causes of dissension. If I have succeeded in making clear any matters 

 about which any of you had experienced difficulties, I shall be well 

 rewarded. 



