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... body is to the centre , the more of these magnetic threads it receives ; and hence the more its motion is accelerated . a But leaving all such visionary theories , and only admitting the existence of some such force as gravity ...
... body is to the centre , the more of these magnetic threads it receives ; and hence the more its motion is accelerated . a But leaving all such visionary theories , and only admitting the existence of some such force as gravity ...
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... body , the descent of it must , of course , be continually accelerated . one second , then will tv represent the velocity at the end of t se- conds . And now if we represent by the velocity of a body when it first begins to fall , or ...
... body , the descent of it must , of course , be continually accelerated . one second , then will tv represent the velocity at the end of t se- conds . And now if we represent by the velocity of a body when it first begins to fall , or ...
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... body rectly , and of the forces inversely . falls through in the first second of For when the force is given or time . constant , the velocity ( V ) is as the time ( T ) ; and when the forces are time is given , the velocity ( v ) will ...
... body rectly , and of the forces inversely . falls through in the first second of For when the force is given or time . constant , the velocity ( V ) is as the time ( T ) ; and when the forces are time is given , the velocity ( v ) will ...
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... bodies down in- clined planes . The motion of a body ascending , or impelled upwards , is diminished Of variably accelerated motion . or retarded from the same prin- Having illustrated the laws of ac - ciple acting in a contrary ...
... bodies down in- clined planes . The motion of a body ascending , or impelled upwards , is diminished Of variably accelerated motion . or retarded from the same prin- Having illustrated the laws of ac - ciple acting in a contrary ...
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... body from the resemble each other ; at the same moon to the earth , would not , if it time , that they are totally differ- were exerted at the earth's sur ent from any known terrestrial face , send the same body to the snbstance . They ...
... body from the resemble each other ; at the same moon to the earth , would not , if it time , that they are totally differ- were exerted at the earth's sur ent from any known terrestrial face , send the same body to the snbstance . They ...
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