 | Arthur Morley - Mechanical engineering - 1920 - 314 pages
...before his time. They form the foundation of the whole subject of dynamics. 35. First Law of Motion. — Every body continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line except in so far as it may be compelled by external force to change that state. We know of no case of a body... | |
 | Charles Elwood Dull - Physics - 1922 - 602 pages
...proportional to the square root of the acceleration due to gravity. Newton formulated three laws of motion: Every body continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line unless compelled by some external force to change that state. Rate of change of momentum is proportional... | |
 | Robert Andrews Millikan, Henry Gordon Gale, Willard R. Pyle - Physics - 1922 - 564 pages
...the amount but also the direction of their motion (see gyrocompass opposite p. 223). FOECE AND MOTION Every body continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line unless impelled by external force to change that state. This property, which all matter possesses,... | |
 | Percy F. Benedict - Mechanics, Applied - 1922 - 274 pages
...besn accepted as the foundation of mechanics. Newton' n laws aa expressed by him are: 1. Kvery body continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, except in so far as it may be compelled by force to change that state 2. Ohange of motion is proportional... | |
 | Erik Oberg - Machine design - 1923 - 312 pages
...physicist. It was put in the form of three laws, which are given as originally stated by Newton : I. Every body continues in its state of rest, or uniform motion in a straight line, except in so far as it may be compelled by force to change that state. II. Change of motion is proportional... | |
 | Floyd Lavern Darrow - Inventors - 1923 - 374 pages
...earth? " Newton answered with the statement of his First Law of Motion. Every body tends to continue in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, unless acted upon by an outside force. He considered the moon as having a motion of its own, which,... | |
 | Erwin Freundlich - Gravitation - 1924 - 172 pages
...Galilei's) law of motion states that a body which is sufficiently far removed from all other bodies continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line. This holds very approximately for the fixed stars. If, however, we refer the motion of the stars to... | |
 | Alfred North Whitehead - Science - 1925 - 308 pages
...formularised by Newton in his first law of motion:—"Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, except so far as it may be compelled by force to change that state," This formula contains the repudiation of a belief which had blocked the progress of physics... | |
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Every body continues in its state of rest, or uniform motion in a straight line, except in so far as it may be compelled by force to change that state. 
