 Every body continues in its state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.  Elements of physics - Page 30by Fernando Sanford - 1902 - 426 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Keith - 1821 - 408 pages
...accelerative force. GENERAL LAWS OF MOTION. LAW I. " Every body perseveres in its state of rest, or uni"form motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to " change that state by forces impressed thereon.' — Newton's Princip. Book I. * Thus, when a body A is positively at rest,... | |
 | Thomas Keith - Globes - 1826 - 360 pages
...force. GENERAL LAWS OF MOTION. LAW I. "Every body perseveres in its state of rest, or uniform mo" tion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that "state by forces impressed thereon." — Newton's Princip. Book I.* Thus when a body A is positively at rest,... | |
 | John M. Moffat - Physics - 1834 - 530 pages
...mechanical science. These laws are the following : i. " Every body must continue in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to alter its state of rest or motion, by some force or forces impressed upon it." n. " Every change of... | |
 | Walter Rogers Johnson - Science - 1835 - 530 pages
...mechanical science. These laws are the following : i. "Every body must continue in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to alter its state of rest or motion, by some force or forces impressed upon it." n. " Every change of... | |
 | Walter Rogers Johnson - 1836 - 516 pages
...mechanical science. These laws are the following: i. " Every body must continue in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to alter its state of rest or motion, by some force or forces impressed upon it." 11. " Every change of... | |
 | John M. Moffat, Walter Rogers Johnson - Physics - 1842 - 498 pages
...mechanical science. These laws are the following: i. "Every body must continue in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to alter its state of rest or motion, by some force or forces impressed upon it." 11. " Every change of... | |
 | Literature - 1907 - 848 pages
...particle exhibits also a kind of passivity or dogged perseverance, called "inertia," in virtue of which every body "perseveres in its state of rest or of...uniform motion in a straight line unless it is compelled by some force to change that state." This implies that if at any time a particle of matter of sensible... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1848 - 486 pages
...been deduced : — GENERAL LAWS OP MOTION. LAW I. — " Every body perseveres in its state of rest, or uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed thereon." — Newton's Princip. Book I.* Thus, when a body A is positively at rest,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1908 - 870 pages
...particle exhibits, also, a kind of passivity or dogged perseverance, called inertia, in virtue of which every body ' perseveres in its state of rest or of...uniform motion in a straight line unless it is compelled by some force to change that state.' This, as you will see, implies that if at any time a particle... | |
 | Edward Dingle - Creation - 1868 - 350 pages
...atoms of ether, by centrifugal force. He says, — " Every body perseveres in its state of rest, or uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed thereon."* Now what force is to impress it on a planet in its ascending node, when... | |
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