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" To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction: or, the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal and directed to contrary pans. "
A Philosophical and Mathematical Dictionary: Containing an Explanation of ... - Page 103
by Charles Hutton - 1815 - 628 pages
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A Short Course in General Relativity

James A. Foster, J. David Nightingale - Science - 2010 - 295 pages
...and F the applied force. This clearly has its counterpart in equation (2.70). Newton's third law that "to every action there is always opposed an equal...are always equal, and directed to contrary parts" is true in general relativity also. However, we must be careful, because Newton's gravitational force...
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The Philosophy of Science

Sahotra Sarkar, Jessica Pfeifer - Philosophy - 2006 - 1012 pages
...force impressed and is made in the direction of the right line in which that force is impressed. 3. To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction;...are always equal, and directed to contrary parts. The proper philosophical interpretation of these three laws remained contentious until the end of the...
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In the Grip of the Distant Universe: The Science of Inertia

Peter Graneau, Neal Graneau - Science - 2006 - 290 pages
...3rd law which defines the concept of the Newtonian force. In the Principia this law is stated thus: "To every action there is always opposed an equal...are always equal, and directed to contrary parts." Newton illustrated the application of this law with the example of a finger pressing a stone and the...
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Define Universe and Give Two Examples: A Comparison of Scientific and ...

Barton E. Dahneke - Religion - 2006 - 692 pages
...directed along a common straight line. To preserve balance, Newton's third law states (after translation): "To every action there is always opposed an equal...other are always equal, and directed to contrary parts [in opposite directions]." Applying the second law to a simple body at rest or in uniform motion (and...
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Redeeming Science: A God-centered Approach

Vern S. Poythress - Religion - 2006 - 386 pages
...in which that force is impressed. 3. To every action there is always opposed an equal and opposite reaction: or the mutual actions of two bodies upon...each other are always equal, and directed to contrary parts.1 (The expression "right line" designates what we would now call a straight line.) The First...
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Political principles and institutions

John T. Scott - 2006 - 448 pages
...impressed; III. To every action, there is always opposed and equal reaction: or, the mutual action of two bodies upon each other are always equal, and directed to contrary parts.5 Directly thereafter, Newton states his justly famed Corollary I to those Laws: A body acted...
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Biosemiotics: Information, Codes and Signs in Living Systems

Marcello Barbieri - Biology - 2007 - 272 pages
...qualities is already implicit in the third law. The third law on action and reaction is stated as: To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction:...are always equal, and directed to contrary parts. The third law unquestionably applies to any two bodies chosen out of the many bodies of whatever kinds...
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Pearls of Wisdom from Personalities Galore

N. Sundararajan - Celebrities - 2003 - 156 pages
...motive force impressed; and is made in the direction of the right line in which that force is impressed. To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction;...are always equal, and directed to contrary parts. If I have seen further, it is by standing upon the shoulders of Giants. - Sir Isaac Newton THE EBULLIENT...
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Totu (Thoughts on the Universe)

Ian Atkinson - Science - 2007 - 258 pages
...Newton's Third Law of Motion. Newton, in his Principia, states his third law of motion as follows: "To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction or, the mutual action of two bodies upon each other are always equal, and directed to contrary parts." Newton, in...
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A Comprehensible Universe: The Interplay of Science and Theology

George V. Coyne, Michael Heller - Science - 2008 - 163 pages
...completeness, let us also quote the Third Law (although it does not take part in the plot of our book): "To every action there is always opposed an equal...are always equal, and directed to contrary parts." 4 GJ Whitrow: The Natural Philosophy of Time (London - Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1961) p. 129....
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