Funicular machine

(Mech.)

an apparatus for illustrating certain principles in statics, consisting of a cord or chain attached at one end to a fixed point, and having the other passed over a pulley and sustaining a weight, while one or more other weights are suspended from the cord at points between the fixed support and the pulley.

See also: Funicular

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.