 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.  Elements of Natural Philosophy - Page 65by William Thomson Baron Kelvin, Peter Guthrie Tait - 1873 - 279 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Herbert Spencer - Philosophy, Modern - 1892 - 656 pages
...of the laws of motion. The first of these laws is : Every body continues in its state of rest or vf uniform motion in a straight line, except in so far as it it compelled bf impressed forces to cliange that state." Thus Professor Tait quotes, and fully approves,... | |
 | William Henry Besant - Dynamics - 1893 - 490 pages
...students of mechanical science, of the truth of these laws. THE LAWS OF MOTION. 37. First Law of Motion. 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 forces acting on it to change its state. Second Law of Motion. Change of motion is... | |
 | Mines and mineral resources - 1893 - 346 pages
...enunciated by J. Todhunter, MA First law of motion : — Every body continues in a state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, except in so far as it may be compelled to change that state by force acting on it. This law simply declares the inertia of matter, or after... | |
 | Frederick Bedell, Albert Cushing Crehore - Electric currents, Alternating - 1893 - 356 pages
...measured in centimetres per second. By Xewton's first law, every body continues in a state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, except in so far as it may he compelled by impressed forces to change that state. Force may he defined as that which causes or... | |
 | Ernst Mach - Mechanics - 1893 - 648 pages
...\ewton-s which Newton enunciates three : Motion. " Law I. Every body perseveres in its state of rest "or of uniform motion in a straight line, except in so "far as it is compelled to change that state by impressed forces." " Law //. Change of motion [ie of momentum]... | |
 | A. L. Selby - Mechanics - 1893 - 324 pages
...bodies which can be regarded as particles. § 1. Law I. Every body continues in a state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, except in so far as it is compelled to change that state by external force acting upon it. The following assertions are implied... | |
 | Ernst Mach - History - 1893 - 566 pages
...Ncwton-s which Newton enunciates three : Motion. " Law I. Every body perseveres in its state of rest "or of uniform motion in a straight line, except in so "far as it is compelled to change that state by im' ' pressed forces. " "Law II. Change of motion [ie of momentum]... | |
 | William John Hopkins - Physics - 1894 - 178 pages
...to moving bodies are stated in a very concise form in what are known as Nnvton's Laws of Motion : 1. 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 external force to change that state. 2. The rate of change of momentum is proportional... | |
 | Henry Smith Carhart - Physics - 1894 - 394 pages
...motion must be considered as resting <m convictions drawn from observation and experiment. Law I. — Every body continues in its state of rest or of uniform...motion in a straight line, except in so far as it inay be compelled by impressed force to change that state. I I 46 MECHANICS. pressed force, and takes... | |
 | Evan William Small - Earth - 1894 - 260 pages
...if projected along a rough road. Newton afterwards stated his first law of motion as follows : — Every body continues in its state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, except in so far as if may be compelled by force to change that state. It will be seen that the law as thus stated gives... | |
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