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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. "
Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ... - Page 35
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Letters from Dr. James Gregory of Edinburgh: In Defence of His Essay on the ...

James Gregory - 1819 - 454 pages
...second Law of Motion, says, that the alteration of motion is ever proportioned to the motive force, and is made in the direction of the right line, in which that force is impressed. The truth, however, of my proposition you dispute, and tell me, that a body moving in a curve is a...
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American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of ..., Volume 8

William Nicholson - 1821 - 356 pages
...motion, or change of motion, is always proportional to the moving force by which it is produced, and in the direction of the right line in which that force is impressed. If a certain force produce * certain motion, a double force will produce double the motion, a triple...
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British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ..., Volume 8

William Nicholson - 1821 - 358 pages
...motion, or change of motion, is always proportional to the moving force by which it is produced, and in the direction of the right line in which that force is impressed. If a certain force produce a certain motion, a double force will produce double the motion, a triple...
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A general view of the sciences and arts, Volume 1

William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 308 pages
...The change of motion is always VOL. i. x proportionate to the moving force impressed, and is always made in the direction of the right line in which that force is impressed. Third. Action and reaction are always equal and contrary to each other. Or, the mutual actions of two...
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Library for the people. (Division 1). The wonders of nature and art ..., Issue 2

Library - 1827 - 712 pages
...by some force impressed upon it, to change its state. 2. The change of motion is proportional to the force impressed, and is made in the direction of the right line in which that force is impressed. 3. To every action an equal reaction is always opposed ; or the mutual actions of two bodies upon each...
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Encyclopædia Americana, ed. by F. Lieber assisted by E. Wigglesworth (and T ...

Encyclopaedia Americana - 1831 - 610 pages
...seconds. Such a wheel is called a.ßy wheel, (qv) II. "The alteration of motion is ever proportioned to the motive force impressed, and is made in the...the right line in which that force is impressed." This is only a statement, that a double force generates a double motion ; that motion cannot increase...
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Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 8

Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1831 - 630 pages
...seconds, ßuch a wheel is called a fly wheel, (qy) II. "The alteration of motion is ever proportioned to the motive force impressed, and is made in the...the right line in which that force is impressed." This is only a statement, that a double force gencrates a double motion ; that motion cannot increase...
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The Popular Encyclopedia;: pt. 1: On the rise and progress of the fine arts ...

Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford - 1841 - 490 pages
...seconds. Such a wheel is called ußy wheel, (qv) II. " The alteration of motion is ever proportioned to the motive force impressed, and is made in the...the right line in which that force is impressed." This is only a statement, that a double force generates a double motion ; that motion cannot increase...
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Commentaries on the Principia of sir Isaac Newton respecting his theory ...

Joseph Denison - 1846 - 106 pages
...must be held to fail. But the analogy F :/:: v : v is true, by Newton's second law of motion, that " the alteration of motion is ever proportional to the motive force impressed" (which includes the change from a state of rest to that of motion); and unless this second law of motion...
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The Treasury of Knowledge and Library of Reference: A million of facts [The ...

1850 - 772 pages
...compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it. 2d law. The alteration of motion is always proportional to the motive force impressed, and is...of the right line in which that force is impressed. 3d law. To every action there is and impediments) is either at rest, or moves uniformly in a right...
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