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" Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it. "
Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory, and N ...
by John Mason Good - 1819
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In the Grip of the Distant Universe: The Science of Inertia

Peter Graneau, Neal Graneau - Science - 2006 - 290 pages
...reference to an inside force. "Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it." No longer was there any need for the vis insita to maintain uniform motion. In fact, there was really...
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Redeeming Science: A God-centered Approach

Vern S. Poythress - Religion - 2006 - 386 pages
...three laws of motion. 1. Every body perseveres in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed thereon. 2. The alteration of motion is ever proportional to the motive force impressed; and is made...
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A Short Course in General Relativity

James A. Foster, J. David Nightingale - Science - 2010 - 295 pages
...first law that "every body perseveres in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right [straight] line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed thereon" clearly has its counterpart in the statement that "every particle follows a geodesic in spacetime."9...
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Dance about Anything

Marty Sprague, Helene Scheff, Susan McGreevy-Nichols - Education - 2006 - 228 pages
...Center Airspeed Thrust "Every object persists in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed on it." When flying at a constant altitude: If thrust and drag are equal, aircraft holds constant airspeed....
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Space-Time, Relativity, and Cosmology

Jose Wudka - Science - 2006 - 307 pages
...Newton's own words: First Law: Every body perseveres in its state of rest, or uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed thereon. Second Law: The alteration of motion is ever proportional to the motive force impressed; and...
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Define Universe and Give Two Examples: A Comparison of Scientific and ...

Barton E. Dahneke - Religion - 2006 - 692 pages
...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 to set a body in motion or to change the motion of a...
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Biomechanical Basis of Human Movement

Joseph Hamill, Kathleen M. Knutzen - Medical - 2006 - 486 pages
...LAW I: LAW OF INERTIA 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 (13). The inertia of an object is used to describe its resistance to motion. Inertia is directly...
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Biosemiotics: Information, Codes and Signs in Living Systems

Marcello Barbieri - Biology - 2007 - 272 pages
...mechanics is stated as: Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it. A justification of this law comes from Newton's observation that projectiles continue in their motions...
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Pearls of Wisdom from Personalities Galore

N. Sundararajan - Celebrities - 2003 - 156 pages
...art but in the artificers. Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it. The change of motion is proportional to the motive force impressed; and is made in the direction of...
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Einstein's Space-Time: An Introduction to Special and General Relativity

Rafael Ferraro - Science - 2007 - 310 pages
...as Principle of inertia: Every body perseveres in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed thereon. I. Newton, Principia (London, 1687), Axioms We could hardly sustain that this principle is...
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