 | Elias Loomis - Physics - 1858 - 374 pages
...have been given by Newton in the form of Mechanical Axioms, or laws of motion. They are the following: LAW I. — Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless acted upon by some external force. Matter in its unorganized... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - Philosophy, Modern - 1864 - 652 pages
...from a brief consideration of his simple statement of the laws of motion. The first of these laws is : Every body continues in its state of rest or of uniform...motion in a straight line, except in so far as it is compelled by impressed forces to change that state," Thus Professor Tait quotes, and fully approves,... | |
 | George Farrer Rodwell - Physical sciences - 1871 - 620 pages
...entitled to notice, together with illustrations of the kind of evidence on which their truth depends. Law I. Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform speed in a ttraiyht line, except in го far as it may be compelled by impressed forces to... | |
 | John Francis Twisden - Mechanics - 1874 - 264 pages
...parallelogram of forces. — Newton states and illustrates the laws of motion as follows : — ' 1. Every body continues in its state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, except so far as it is compelled by impressed Jorces to change its state. Projectiles continue in their state... | |
 | W. G. Willson - Dynamics - 1874 - 294 pages
...the truth of these laws, and the law of gravitation, with their positions as actually observed. 5. LAW I. — Every body continues in its state of rest or of uniform rectilinear motion, except in so far as it may be compelled by impressed forces to change that... | |
 | William Garnett - 1875 - 332 pages
...trace them into some of their consequences. LAW I. Every body will continue in its state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, except in so far as it is compelled by impressed force to change that state. time is required, to produce a finite velocity... | |
 | Peter Guthrie Tait - Energy - 1876 - 420 pages
...brief consideration of his simple statement of the Laws of Motion. The first of these Laws is : — Every body continues in its state of rest or of uniform...motion in a straight line, except in so far as it is compelled by forces to change that state. In other words, any change whether in the direction or... | |
 | James Clerk Maxwell - Force and energy - 1876 - 140 pages
...the following form :— Law I. The centre of mass of the system perseveres in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, except in so far as it is made to change that state by forces acting on the system from without. Law II. The change of momentum... | |
 | James Andrew Blaikie - 1878 - 184 pages
...them, are in accordance in every case with the observed event. 30. First Law of Motion.—Every body continues in its state, of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, except in so far as it is compelled by forces to change that state. If we propel a curling-stone along a horizontal surface... | |
 | James Andrew Blaikie - 1879 - 242 pages
...acts, and whose length is proportional to the magnitude of the force. 26. First Law of Motion. — Every body continues in its state of rest or of uniform...motion in a straight line, except in so far as it is compelled by forces to change that state. The meaning of this law will be seen by considering the... | |
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Law I. — Every body continues in its state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, except in so far as it is compelled by force to change that state. 
