 | George Farrer Rodwell - Physical sciences - 1871 - 620 pages
...the unit of time one second. Hence the above statement takes the following form : — Unit of force is that force which acting for one second on a mass of one grain, would give it a velocity of one foot per second ; and a unit magnetic pole placed at a distance... | |
 | Silvanus Phillips Thompson - Electric power - 1881 - 474 pages
...= 98 1 • I ; at the Equator g = 978-1 ; at the North Pole g= 983-1. Force. — The unit of force is that force which, acting for one second on a mass of one gramme, gives to it a velocity of one centimetre per second. It is called one Dyne. The force with... | |
 | A. Bromley Holmes - Electric batteries - 1883 - 162 pages
...of inconvenient length, but two examples may be given, viz. : The Dyne, or absolute unit of force, is that force which, acting for one second on a mass of one gramme, imparts to, it a velocity of one centimetre per second. The weight of one gramme is equal to... | |
 | Engineering - 1883 - 568 pages
...In the system invented, known as the cgs system, the unit of force is called j the dyne, and means that force which, acting for one second on a mass of one gramme gives it a velocity of one centimeter per second. The unit of length ; is the centimeter ; and... | |
 | Bradley Allen Fiske - Electric engineering - 1883 - 294 pages
...and equal to ^i'f gramme. This is not strictly accurate, as the dyne is the unit of force — /.«-., that force which, acting for one second on a ma.ss of one gramme, gives it a velocity of one centimetre per second. Now, gravity (f ) gives a mass of one gramme... | |
 | Bradley Allen Fiske - Electric engineering - 1883 - 290 pages
...and equal to -5^-3; gramme. This is not strictly accurate, as the dyne is the unit of" force — ie, that force which, acting for one second on a mass of one gramme, gives it a velocity of one centimetre per second. Now, gravity (g~) gives a mass of one gramme... | |
 | Matthew Moncrieff Pattison Muir - Chemical Physical - 1885 - 350 pages
...acceleration in the mass. The most commonly used unit of force is called the dyne, and is denned to be that force which acting for one second on a mass of one gram, produces in it a velocity of one centimetre per second. The unit of work is the erg, which is denned... | |
 | Gustav A. Liebig - 1890 - 420 pages
...terms of these units, therefore, Newton's law may otherwise be stated in these words: The unit force is that force which, acting for one second on a mass of one gramme, produces a velocity of one centimetre per second. This is called one DYNE, and the system of... | |
 | John Gray - Electric machinery - 1890 - 304 pages
...is sometimes called the CGS system of units. The unit force in this system is called the dyne, and is that force which acting for one second on a mass of one gramme gives to it a velocity of one centimetre per second. The unit quantity of electricity is that... | |
 | George Milton Hopkins - Electric apparatus and appliances - 1890 - 760 pages
...basis of electrical measurements, the following examples are given : The dyne or absolute unit of force is that force which, acting for one second on a mass of one gramme, imparts to it a velocity of one centimeter per second. The weight of one gramme according to... | |
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The unit of force is that force which, acting for one second on a mass of one gramme, gives to it a velocity of one centimetre per second. 
