 | Iwan W. Griffiths - 2006 - 382 pages
...the trajectories of projectiles with zero air resistance. 3.1 The Law of Inertia Every body or object continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless acted upon by an external force. This is equivalent to defining force as "that which causes acceleration"... | |
 | Gale E. Christianson - 2005 - 160 pages
...III, entitled System of the World, that most concerns us. According to Newton's 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." As we have seen, Galileo was actually... | |
 | R.K. Rajput - 2006 - 748 pages
...velocity in m/s then its units are kg m/s. 7.28.3. Newton's First Law of Motion It states : "Every body continues in its state of rest or of uniform motion, in a straight line, unless it is acted upon by some external force to change that state". It is a matter of every day experience... | |
 | Barton E. Dahneke - 2006 - 692 pages
...in its motion. Thus, Newton's first law states (upon translation from Latin to English): "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 on it." By this first law a force is required... | |
 | RS Khurmi | JK Gupta - 2008 - 904 pages
...These three laws of motion are as follows : 1 . Newton 's First Law of Motion. It states, ' 'Every body continues in its state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is acted upon by some external force. ' ' This is also known as Law of inertia. The inertia is that... | |
 | Roy Sorensen - 2008 - 328 pages
...is the natural state. Newton's first law promotes indifference between rest and motion: every object continues in its state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line unless compelled to change that state by impressed forces. Perhaps Newtonians project this law onto shadows.... | |
 | George V. Coyne, Michael Heller - 2008 - 163 pages
...dynamics ("Axioms, or Laws of Motion," as Newton calls them) are almost obvious: LAW 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 forces impressed upon it. LAW II: The change of motion is proportional... | |
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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. 
