A single page from a series by W. Scott Taggart on the mechanics underlying textile machinery. It works through numerical examples of beams, moments and levers: finding the pressure on each support of a loaded beam, balancing a beam on a fulcrum, and a bent lever with hanging weights. It also describes simple experiments with spring balances and a pivoted rod to check the laws of equilibrium. The page ends with a short trade notice for a baling press for cotton, wool, waste and rags.