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... Observation and experiment have afforded us the means of translating , as it were , from Kinematics into Dynamics , and vice versa . This is merely mentioned now in order to show the necessity for , and the value of , the preliminary ...
... Observation and experiment have afforded us the means of translating , as it were , from Kinematics into Dynamics , and vice versa . This is merely mentioned now in order to show the necessity for , and the value of , the preliminary ...
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... observe here , that since , by our formula , we have generally v = S and since nothing has been said as to the magnitudes of s and t , we may take these as small as we choose . Thus we get the same result whether we derive v from the ...
... observe here , that since , by our formula , we have generally v = S and since nothing has been said as to the magnitudes of s and t , we may take these as small as we choose . Thus we get the same result whether we derive v from the ...
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... observation alone , but Newton explained them on physical principles and showed that they are applicable to comets as well as to planets . I. Each planet describes an Ellipse [ with comets this may be any Conic Section ] of which the ...
... observation alone , but Newton explained them on physical principles and showed that they are applicable to comets as well as to planets . I. Each planet describes an Ellipse [ with comets this may be any Conic Section ] of which the ...
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... observe ; and , in all probability , sun and stars are moving on ( it may be with incon- ceivable rapidity ) relatively to other bodies in space . We must there- fore consider how , from the actual motions of a set of bodies , we may ...
... observe ; and , in all probability , sun and stars are moving on ( it may be with incon- ceivable rapidity ) relatively to other bodies in space . We must there- fore consider how , from the actual motions of a set of bodies , we may ...
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... observation or experiment . How such experience is to be conducted will form the subject of a subsequent chapter . 172. We cannot do better , at all events in commencing , than follow Newton somewhat closely . Indeed the introduction to ...
... observation or experiment . How such experience is to be conducted will form the subject of a subsequent chapter . 172. We cannot do better , at all events in commencing , than follow Newton somewhat closely . Indeed the introduction to ...
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