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... position to another it must evidently describe a continuous line , which may be curved or straight , or even made up of portions of curved and straight lines meeting each other at any angles . If the motion be that of a material ...
... position to another it must evidently describe a continuous line , which may be curved or straight , or even made up of portions of curved and straight lines meeting each other at any angles . If the motion be that of a material ...
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... positions of it contain the second side of the polygon above men- tioned , it is evident that the osculating plane passes from one position to the next by revolving about the tangent to the curve . 13. Thus , as we proceed along such a ...
... positions of it contain the second side of the polygon above men- tioned , it is evident that the osculating plane passes from one position to the next by revolving about the tangent to the curve . 13. Thus , as we proceed along such a ...
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... position , is called its Velocity . It is greater or less as the space passed over in a given time is greater or less : and it may be uniform , i.e. the same at every instant ; or it may be variable . Uniform velocity is measured by the ...
... position , is called its Velocity . It is greater or less as the space passed over in a given time is greater or less : and it may be uniform , i.e. the same at every instant ; or it may be variable . Uniform velocity is measured by the ...
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... the whole velocity and its direction , or simply the components of the velocity in three rectangular directions , at any time , or , as is most commonly the case , for any position ; the determination of JO PRELIMINARY .
... the whole velocity and its direction , or simply the components of the velocity in three rectangular directions , at any time , or , as is most commonly the case , for any position ; the determination of JO PRELIMINARY .
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... position of the point , at any one instant be given . But these are in general questions requiring for their solution a knowledge of the integral calculus . 41. From the principles already laid down , a great many interest- ing results ...
... position of the point , at any one instant be given . But these are in general questions requiring for their solution a knowledge of the integral calculus . 41. From the principles already laid down , a great many interest- ing results ...
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Page 161 - that every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle, with a force whose direction is that of the line joining the two, and whose magnitude is directly as the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of their distances from each other.
Page 65 - Every body continues in its state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, except in so far as it is compelled by force to change that state.
Page 28 - Fourier's theorem is not only one of the most beautiful results of modern analysis, but may be said to furnish an indispensable instrument in the treatment of nearly every recondite question in modern physics.
Page 161 - Newton generalized the law of attraction into a statement that every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force which varies directly as the product of their masses and inversely as the square of the distance between them; and he thence deduced the law of attraction for spherical shells of constant density.
Page 66 - Change of motion is proportional to the impressed force and takes place in the direction of the straight line in which the force acts.
Page 68 - To every action there is always an equal and contrary reaction; or, the mutual actions of any two bodies are always equal and oppositely directed in the same straight line.
Page 130 - UNTIL we know thoroughly the nature of matter and the forces which produce its motions, it will be utterly impossible to submit to mathematical reasoning the exact conditions of any physical question.