 | Alexander Wilmer Duff, Henry Townsend Weed - 1928 - 592 pages
...live? Mention some of his discoveries. 142. Newton's First Law, or, Law of Inertia. — Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless compelled by some external force to change that state. A ball pitched along rough ground does not travel... | |
 | Martha Ornstein Bronfenbrenner - 1928 - 330 pages
...a force acting continually. If the force stops, it stops. 2. Every body, celestial or terrestrial, continues in its state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it be compelled by a force to change its state. Uniform rectilinear motion would thus continue forever... | |
 | Richard P. Olenick, Tom M. Apostol, David L. Goodstein - 1985 - 616 pages
...explanation. This is Newton's first law, the law of inertia. Stated in his own words, First Law: Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it. Example 1 What would be the path... | |
 | Ernst Lehrs - 1985 - 576 pages
...has brought to light what follows. Newton's first law, as given in his Principia reads: 'Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by a force impressed on it.' Now, if we want to know what Newton... | |
 | Wolfgang Schivelbusch - 1986 - 246 pages
...defined as a technical means to implement Newton's First Law of Dynamics, which states: 'Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it'.9 8. CH Greenhow, An Exposition of... | |
 | Steven C. Frautschi, Richard P. Olenick, Tom M. Apostol, David L. Goodstein - 1986 - 616 pages
...explanation. This is Newton's first law, the law of inertia. Stated in his own words. First Law: Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it. The essence of the first law is the... | |
 | RS Khurmi | N Khurmi - 1987 - 684 pages
...motion, and 3. Newton's third law of motion. 1 -27 Newton's First Law of Motion It states, ' 'Everybody continues in its state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is acted upon by some external force. ' ' 1 -28 Newton's Second Law of Motion It states, "The rate... | |
 | Stephen Hawking, S. W. Hawking, W. Israel - 1987 - 712 pages
...moved only if driven by some cause. However, Newton substituted for this his First Law: 'Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is acted upon by a force.' Newton's Second Law stated that the acceleration, or rate of change of... | |
 | 1981 - 478 pages
...59-67 59 ciples of the conservation of angular momentum. Newton's First Law of Motion states: "... a body continues in its state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line unless it is compelled by external forces to change that state." His Third Law tells us that: "... to every... | |
 | W G V Rosser - 1992 - 284 pages
...motion, which will be taken as our starting point. Newton's laws of motion are as follows. (i) Every body continues in its state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line unless it is compelled to change that state by an external impressed force. 1.2 A Critique of Newton's Laws... | |
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Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it. 
