Hidden fields
Books Books
" To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction: or, the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal and directed to contrary pans. "
A Treatise of Mechanics, Theoretical, Practical, and Descriptive - Page 6
by Olinthus Gregory - 1815 - 58 pages
Full view - About this book

The Pendulum: Scientific, Historical, Philosophical and Educational Perspectives

Michael R. Matthews, Colin F. Gauld, Arthur Stinner - Science - 2005 - 574 pages
...Rules in his justification but to Law III: To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction: or the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal, and directed to contrary parts.17 accepted the Newtonian system, though with important reservations . . . Huygens declared that...
Limited preview - About this book

Isaac Newton

Gale E. Christianson - Science - 2005 - 160 pages
...uniquely his own: "To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction: or, the mutual action of two bodies upon each other are always equal, and directed to contrary parts." Hence, if one body acts upon another at a distance, the second also acts on the first with an equal...
Limited preview - About this book

In the Grip of the Distant Universe: The Science of Inertia

Peter Graneau, Neal Graneau - Science - 2006 - 290 pages
...the Principia this law is stated thus: "To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction: or, the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other...are always equal, and directed to contrary parts." Newton illustrated the application of this law with the example of a finger pressing a stone and the...
Limited preview - About this book

Space-Time, Relativity, and Cosmology

Jose Wudka - Science - 2006 - 307 pages
...which that force is impressed. Third Law: To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction; or the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other...are always equal, and directed to contrary parts. In particular Newton constructed his mechanics to comply with Galilean relativity: an observer in uniform...
Limited preview - About this book

A Short Course in General Relativity

James A. Foster, J. David Nightingale - Science - 2010 - 295 pages
...equation (2.70). Newton's third law that "to every action there is always opposed an equal reaction: or the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other...are always equal, and directed to contrary parts" is true in general relativity also. However, we must be careful, because Newton's gravitational force...
Limited preview - About this book

Define Universe and Give Two Examples: A Comparison of Scientific and ...

Barton E. Dahneke - Religion - 2006 - 692 pages
...Newton's third law states (after translation): "To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction: or, the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal, and directed to contrary parts [in opposite directions]." Applying the second law to a simple body at rest or in uniform motion (and...
Limited preview - About this book

The Philosophy of Science

Sahotra Sarkar, Jessica Pfeifer - Philosophy - 2006 - 1012 pages
...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 upon each other...are always equal, and directed to contrary parts. The proper philosophical interpretation of these three laws remained contentious until the end of the...
Limited preview - About this book

Marriage and Divorce of Astronomy and Astrology: A History of Astral ...

Gordon Fisher - History - 2006 - 230 pages
...of linear momentum. Newton's Third Law. "To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction; or, the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other...are always equal and directed to contrary parts." This should not be taken to mean that objects never move. If I push on you, thus exerting a force,...
Limited preview - About this book

Biomechanical Basis of Human Movement

Joseph Hamill, Kathleen M. Knutzen - Medical - 2006 - 486 pages
...required. LAW III: LAW OF ACTION-REACTION To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction; or, the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal and directed to contrary parts. This law illustrates that forces never act in isolation but always in pairs. When two objects interact,...
Limited preview - About this book

Redeeming Science: A God-centered Approach

Vern S. Poythress - Religion - 2006 - 386 pages
...that force is impressed. 3. To every action there is always opposed an equal and opposite reaction: or the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal, and directed to contrary parts.1 (The expression "right line" designates what we would now call a straight line.) The First...
Limited preview - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF