 | I. Grattan-Guinness - History - 1998 - 846 pages
...mass x acceleration, but that is exactly what Newton did not say; instead, 'The change of motion is proportional to the motive force impressed; and is...the right line in which that force is impressed.' Far from speaking of a 'continuous' process in which force leads to acceleration, discrete even if... | |
 | Izabella Nowakowa, Leszek Nowak - Philosophy - 2000 - 546 pages
...that state by forees impressed upon it. (N2t The change of motion is proportional to the motive foree impressed. and is made in the direction of the right line in which that foree is impressed (N31 To even action there is always opposed an equal reaction. or. the mutual actions... | |
 | Jean-Claude Pecker - Nature - 2001 - 616 pages
...it. (This law is already essentially present in Galileo's thinking.) Law 2. The change of motion is proportional to the motive force impressed and is...of the right line in which that force is impressed. (A principle of dynamics) Law 3. To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction; or, the... | |
 | Carlos I. Calle - Science - 2001 - 682 pages
...the Principia: 56 i The Laws of Mechanics: Newton's Laws of Motion LAW II: THE CHANCE OF MOTION is PROPORTIONAL TO THE MOTIVE FORCE IMPRESSED; AND IS...OF THE RIGHT LINE IN WHICH THAT FORCE IS IMPRESSED. According to Newton's Second Law, when an instantaneous force acts on a body, as when a baseball bat... | |
 | D.A. Vallado - Technology & Engineering - 2001 - 1002 pages
...unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it. 2. The change of motion is proportional to the motive force impressed and is...of the right line in which that force is impressed. 3. To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction: or, the mutual actions of two bodies... | |
 | John Lello - Education - 2001 - 170 pages
...unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it. Law 2: The change of motion is proportional to the motive force impressed; and is...of the right line in which that force is impressed. Law 3: To every action there is always opposed and equal reaction: or, the mutual actions of two bodies... | |
 | Eric Watkins - Philosophy - 2001 - 305 pages
...unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it. Law II The change of motion is proportional to the motive force impressed; and is...of the right line in which that force is impressed. Law III To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction: or, the mutual actions of two bodies... | |
 | William H. Cropper - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 518 pages
...it. The second law of motion has more to say about the force concept: Law 2: The change of motion is proportional to the motive force impressed; and is made in the direction of the right line in which the force is impressed. By "change of motion" Newton means the instantaneous rate of change in the... | |
 | Barry Dainton - Philosophy - 2001 - 406 pages
...straight line, unless it is acted upon by an external force. Law II The change of motion (acceleration) is proportional to the motive force impressed; and is made in the direction of the force. Law III To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction; or, the mutual actions of two... | |
 | M. Hulswit - Philosophy - 2002 - 278 pages
...motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed thereon. (2) The alteration of motion is ever proportional to the...of the right line in which that force is impressed. 111 (3) To every Action there is always opposed an equal Reaction; or the mutual actions of two bodies... | |
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The change of motion is proportional to the motive force impressed ; and is made in the direction of the right line in which that force is impressed. 
