| Nautical astronomy - 1977 - 1412 pages
..."laws of motion," which he believed were applicable to the planets. Newton's laws of motion are : 1. Every body continues in a state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line unless acted upon by an external force. 2. When a body is acted upon by an external... | |
| Denison Olmsted - Astronomy - 1844 - 336 pages
...called the Laws of Motion. We will consider them separately. FIRST LAW. — Every body will persevere in a state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, until compelled by some force to change its state. This law contains four separate propositions ; first, that, unless... | |
| Denison Olmsted - Astronomy - 1844 - 310 pages
...called the Laws of Motion. We will consider them separately. FIRST LAW. — Every body will persevere in a state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, until compelled ly some force to clian^e its stale,. This law contains four separate propositions ; first, that unless... | |
| Denison Olmsted - 1852 - 312 pages
...called the Laws of Motion. We will consider them separately. FIRST LAW. — Every body will persevere in a state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, until compelled by some force to change its state. This law contains four separate propositions ; first, that unless put... | |
| Jabez Hogg - Physics - 1853 - 390 pages
...motion was discovered by Kepler, the great predecessor of Newton : it is, " That a body will continue in a state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, until it is compelled to change its state from some form impressed upon it." This means, that a body will... | |
| Isaac Todhunter - Mechanics - 1867 - 368 pages
...propositions. In the present Chapter we shall chiefly discuss the First Law of Motion. 10. 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... | |
| Isaac Todhunter - Mechanics - 1867 - 372 pages
...propositions. In the present Chapter we shall chiefly discuss the First Law of Motion. 10. 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... | |
| James Bell Pettigrew - Aeronautics - 1873 - 336 pages
...series of propositions which I take the liberty of transcribing : — " Fundamental Axioms. — First, every body continues in a state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, until a change is effected by the agency of some mechanical force. Secondly, any change... | |
| George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1875 - 900 pages
...motion, and it is in the form there given that they are generally known. They are as follows: Law 1. Every body continues in a state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line unless acted on by some external force. This law results from the property of inertia,... | |
| George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1875 - 912 pages
...motion, and it is in the form there given that they are generally known. They are as follows: Law 1. Every body continues in a state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line unless acted on by some external force. This law results from the property of inertia,... | |
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