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Page 49 - Newton's three laws: a body at rest remains at rest, and a body in motion remains in uniform motion in a straight line unless acted upon by an external force...
Page 166 - The specific gravity of a substance at a given temperature is the ratio of the density of the substance to the density of water at the same temperature.
Page 243 - Unit is the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 Ib. of water 1° F.
Page 112 - The lever, the pulley, the wheel, and axle, the inclined plane, the wedge, and the screw.
Page 31 - Any two particles of matter attract each other with a force which is directly proportional to the product of the masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the two particles.
Page 60 - This rotational effect is known as the moment of force, or torque, and is measured by the product of the force and the perpendicular distance from the axis of rotation to the line of action of the force.
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Page 244 - ... a given mass of the substance through a given range of temperature to the heat required to raise the temperature of an equal mass of water through the same range.
Page 280 - Thus, heat always flows spontaneously from a hotter to a colder body; gases always seep through an opening spontaneously from a region of high pressure to a region of low pressure; gases and liquids left by themselves always tend to mix, not to unmix.
Page 52 - An impulse is measured by the product of the force and the time during which the force acts, or Impulse...