 | William Rossiter - Mechanics - 1873 - 160 pages
...of a body from one point in space to another is called motion. (Page 107.) First Law of Motion.— A body at rest remains at rest, and a body in motion continues in motion, until acted upon by some external force. (Page 110.) Second Law of Motion. — Every force... | |
 | Isaac Sharpless, George Morris Philips - Physics - 1883 - 376 pages
...the velocity of the train would be accelerated so long as the engine pulled it ever so slightly. 1. A body at rest remains at rest, and a body in motion continues to move forward in a straight line, until acted on by force external to it. 2. Motion or change of motion is... | |
 | Alfred Payson Gage - Physics - 1888 - 380 pages
...known as The Three Laws of Motion first enunciated by Sir Isaac Newton. 61. First Law of Motion. — A body at rest remains at rest, and a body in motion moves with uniform velocity in a straight line, unless acted upon by some external force. That part... | |
 | Fred John Brockway - 1892 - 392 pages
...Motion. The relations between matter and force are expressed in Newton's Three Laws of Motion : 1st Law. — A body at rest remains at rest, and a body in motion moves with uniform velocity in a straight line, unless acted upon by some external force. This last... | |
 | Alfred Payson Gage - Physics - 1895 - 668 pages
...originally enunciated by Newton, with very slight verbal modifications in conformity to modern terminology. First Law : A body at rest remains at rest, and a body in motion continues to move with constant speed in a straight Hue, unless acted upon by some external unbalanced force. This law... | |
 | Self-culture - 1897 - 592 pages
...are now prepared to give full assent to the first of Newton's three Laws of Motion which is this : A body at rest remains at rest, and a body in motion continues to move with constant speed in a straight line, unless acted upon by some external unbalanced force. The expression... | |
 | Edward Cornelius Toune, Graeme Mercer Adam - 1897 - 692 pages
...are now prepared to give full assent to the first of Newton's three Laws of Motion which is this : A body at rest remains at rest, and a body in motion continues to move with constant speed in a straight line, unless acted •upon by some external unbalanced force. The... | |
 | Alfred Payson Gage - Physics - 1898 - 416 pages
...Three Laws of Motion, first enunciated by Sir Isaac Newton. 25. Newton's First Law of Motion. Inertia. A body at rest remains at rest, and a body in motion moves with uniform velocity in a straight line, unless acted upon by some external force. A body is... | |
 | Alfred Payson Gage - Physics - 1902 - 394 pages
...Laws of Motion, first enunciated by Sir Isaac Newton. 64. Newton's First Law of Motion; Inertia. — A body at rest remains at rest, and a body in motion moves with uniform speed in a straight line, unless acted upon by some external force. This law is... | |
 | Amos T. Fisher, Melvin J. Patterson - Physics - 1902 - 200 pages
...fully explained and described by the following propositions known as Newton's Laws of Motion: — I. A body at rest remains at rest, and a body in motion moves with uniform velocity in a straight line, unless acted upon by some external force. II. Change... | |
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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... 
