Matter and Motion

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D. Van Nostrand, 1878 - Force and energy - 224 pages

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Page 154 - So far as regards the geometrical configuration of the earth and the heavenly bodies, it is evidently all the same " Whether the sun, predominant in heaven, Rise on the earth, or earth rise on the sun; lie from the east his flaming road begin, Or
Page 92 - of mass of the system perseveres in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, except in so far as it is made to change that state by forces acting on the system from without. Law II. The change of momentum of the system during any interval of time is measured by the sum of the impulses of the external forces during that interval.
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