 | George Farrer Rodwell - 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 - 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 - 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... | |
 | Bradley Allen Fiske - 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... | |
 | 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 - 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... | |
 | Matthew Moncrieff Pattison Muir - 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... | |
 | John Gray - 1890 - 304 pages
...system 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | George Milton Hopkins - 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. 
