 | Natural philosophy - 1845 - 194 pages
...forces are said to be in equilibria, which signifies equally balanced. FORCE is the name of any exertion which produces or tends to produce a change in the state of a body, either by moving that body when at rest, or by stopping or changing its progress if already... | |
 | Hans Busk - Artillery - 1860 - 250 pages
...is that retarding influence caused by the irregularities of the surfaces which act one upon another. FORCE. — Any cause which produces, or tends to produce, a change in the state of rest or of motion of a particle of matter. FORCES are measured by comparison with weights. Thus any forces... | |
 | Hans Busk - Artillery - 1860 - 226 pages
...is that retarding influence caused by the irregularities of the surfaces which act one upon another. FORCE. — Any cause which produces, or tends to produce, a change in the state of rest or of motion of a particle of matter. FORCES are measured by comparison with weights. Thus any forces... | |
 | George Elliot Voyle, G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson - English language - 1876 - 676 pages
...twenty men, and have any distance to march, a subaltern officer is to be put in command of the party. tends to produce, a change in the state of rest or motion of a particle is called force. The term is also applied to an armed body. Ford — The shallow part of a... | |
 | Isaac Mayer Wise - Philosophy - 1876 - 192 pages
...them. Again the absolute nature of force is beyond the present powers of experimental science. We call force any cause which produces or tends to produce a change in a body'_s state of rest or motion, and define its statical or dynamical measure, without any knowledge... | |
 | William James Browne - Mechanics - 1883 - 218 pages
...reference to objects on the railway. Such rest and motion may be distinguished as relative. 5. Force is any cause which produces or tends to produce a change in the state of rest or motion of a body. Thus a force may impart motion to a body originally at rest ; it may cause a body to move faster or... | |
 | Edward John Routh - Dynamics of a particle - 1898 - 440 pages
...body. The following definition or explanation is commonly given. The word force is used to express any cause which produces or tends to produce a change in the existing state of rest or motion, of the body. The velocity of a body has both direction and magnitude,... | |
 | Clark Caryl Haskins - Electricity - 1899 - 260 pages
...gong is ringing the number of the box. CHAPTER XVIII. FORCE. WORK. ENERGY. 458. We may define force as any cause which produces or tends to produce a change in the state of rest or of motion of any body. "The true measure of a force which produces motion is proportional to the pressure.... | |
 | M. M. Malhotra, R. Subramanian - Science - 1994 - 586 pages
...Linear displacement, and (ii) Turning or rotating effect. Both the above effects essentially result in a change in the state of rest or motion of a body. 2.2.5 Types of Forces Force can be classified in different types, such as active and reactive, or body... | |
 | Edward John Routh - Dynamics of a particle - 1960 - 440 pages
...body. The following definition or explanation is commonly given. The word force is used to express any cause which produces or tends to produce a change in the existing state of rest or motion of. the body. The velocity of a body has both direction and magnitude,... | |
| |
Any cause which produces, or tends to produce, a change in the state of rest or of motion of a particle of matter. 