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fulcrum

Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 10:39 am
by William Hupy
Any ideas on how this word slid from bedpost in Latin to its current meaning?

Re: fulcrum

Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 3:55 pm
by Slava
It hasn't gone all that far, really. A bedpost is the support for the bed. A fulcrum is what supports the lever.

Re: fulcrum

Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 12:02 pm
by William Hupy
So the ancient Romans slept on teeter totters?

Re: fulcrum

Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 12:11 pm
by Slava
So the ancient Romans slept on teeter totters?
:)
I think they probably had four fulcrums.

Re: fulcrum

Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 1:46 am
by Philip Hudson
Archimedes said, "Give me a fulcrum, and I shall move the world," or words to that effect.

Re: fulcrum

Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 8:02 pm
by Perry Lassiter
And a really long, strong lever!