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... vary as their volume . If , for instance , we have a number of similar cubes of iron , we know at once that the united mass of two such cubes will be double that of one , of three triple , IO CHAP . I. ELEMENTARY PHYSICS .
... vary as their volume . If , for instance , we have a number of similar cubes of iron , we know at once that the united mass of two such cubes will be double that of one , of three triple , IO CHAP . I. ELEMENTARY PHYSICS .
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Balfour Stewart. be double that of one , of three triple , and so on . But how are we to determine the relative mass of a cube of iron , and a ... double mass to be made up of two separate grammes placed LESS . I. II LAWS OF MOTION . MOKE.
Balfour Stewart. be double that of one , of three triple , and so on . But how are we to determine the relative mass of a cube of iron , and a ... double mass to be made up of two separate grammes placed LESS . I. II LAWS OF MOTION . MOKE.
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... double velocity in a mass , we must have a force twice as large as that which produces unit velocity in the same inass in the same time . But the truth of this statement will afterwards be perceived ( Art . 23 ) . LESSON II . - FIRST ...
... double velocity in a mass , we must have a force twice as large as that which produces unit velocity in the same inass in the same time . But the truth of this statement will afterwards be perceived ( Art . 23 ) . LESSON II . - FIRST ...
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... double force be applied to the same body , it will produce a double velocity in unit of time , a triple force , a triple velocity , and so on ; in fact a force may be measured by the velocity which it generates when applied for one ...
... double force be applied to the same body , it will produce a double velocity in unit of time , a triple force , a triple velocity , and so on ; in fact a force may be measured by the velocity which it generates when applied for one ...
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... double velocity of 400 metres per second , and the other half will have lost its previous motion , and be brought to a standstill . 2 If the weight of the shell be 10,000 grammes , then the forward momentum before explosion was 10,000 X ...
... double velocity of 400 metres per second , and the other half will have lost its previous motion , and be brought to a standstill . 2 If the weight of the shell be 10,000 grammes , then the forward momentum before explosion was 10,000 X ...
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