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" ... cha.nge of rectilinear distance between, two points. Allowing the accuracy of this definition, it appears that two points are necessary to constitute motion; that in all cases, when we are inquiring whether or no any body or point is in motion, we... "
Elementary Illustrations of the Celestial Mechanics of Laplace: Part the ... - Page 45
by Pierre Simon marquis de Laplace, Thomas Young - 1821 - 344 pages
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The London review, conducted by R. Cumberland, Volume 1

Richard Cumberland - 1809 - 518 pages
...or no any body or any point is in motion, we must « recur to some point which we can compare with it, and " that if a single atom existed alone in the...could " neither be said to be in motion, nor at rest." It may be easily perceived, that the original definition of motion is sufficiently satisfactory, but...
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A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts, Volume 1

Thomas Young - Science - 1845 - 660 pages
...or point is in motion, we must recur to some other point which we can compare with it, and that if 9 single atom existed • alone in the universe, it...paradoxical, but it is the necessary consequence of our definition, and the paradox is only owing to the difficulty of imagining the existence of a single...
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The Poetry of Science: Or, Studies of the Physical Phenomena of Nature

Robert Hunt - Science - 1849 - 538 pages
...whether or no any body or point is in motion, we must recur to some other point which we can compare with it ; and that if a single atom existed alone in the...universe, it could neither be said to be in motion nor nt rest. " The space which we call quiescent is in general the earth's surface ; yet we well know,...
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The Poetry of Science: Or Studies of the Physical Phenomena of Nature

Robert Hunt - Science - 1850 - 408 pages
...or not any body or point is in motion, we must recur to some other point which we can compare with it; and that, if a single atom existed alone in the universe, it eo« Id neither bo said to bo in motion ног at rest, "The space which wo call quiescent is hx general...
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The Poetry of Science: Or, Studies of the Physical Phenomena of Nature

Robert Hunt - Physics - 1854 - 488 pages
...whether or no any hody or point is in motion, we must recur to some other point which we can compare with it ; and that if a single atom existed alone in the universe, it could neither he said to he in motion nor at rest. " The space which we call quiescent is in general the earth's...
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