 | Margaret J. Osler, Paul Lawrence Farber - Religion - 2002 - 372 pages
...force. Newton defined three sets of force: inherent, impressed, and centripetal. The f1rst, vis insita: is a power of resisting by which every body, as much as in it lies, continues in its present state, whether it be of rest or of moving uniformly in a straight line. This... | |
 | Morris H. Shamos - Science - 1987 - 384 pages
...inertial properties, would he incorrect. By quantity of motion was meant momentum, mv. Definition III The vis insita, or innate force of matter, is a power of resisting, hy which every hody, as much as in it lies, endeavors to persevere in its present state, whether it... | |
 | George Gamow - Science - 1988 - 372 pages
...the motion [mechanical momentum] is double; with twice the velocity, it is quadruple. Definition III. The vis insita, or innate force of matter, is a power...resisting, by which every body, as much as in it lies, continues in its present state, whether it be of rest, or of moving uniformly forwards in a right [straight]... | |
 | Julian B. Barbour - 1988 - 784 pages
...essence from his early work and in its content does not differ much from the statement of his First Law: The vis insita, or innate force of matter, is a power of resisting, by which even body, as much as in it lies, continues in its present state, whether it be of rest, or of moving... | |
 | Vladimir Zalmanovich Parton, Evgeniĭ Mikhaĭlovich Morozov - Science - 1989 - 316 pages
...the measure of the same, arising from the velocity and quantity of matter conjointly. Definition 111. The vis insita, or innate force of matter, is a power...resisting by which every body, as much as in it lies, continues in its present state, whether it be of rest or of moving uniformly forward in a right line.... | |
 | A. Rupert Hall - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 324 pages
...'positive something' and indeed a force, the vis insita puzzling to modern commentators: The vis insita of matter is a power of resisting by which every body, as much as in it lies [quantum in se est], continues in its state, whether it be of rest, or of moving uniformly in a straight... | |
 | John Desmond Bernal - Physics - 1997 - 326 pages
...measure velocity. 'The vis insita, [this is a new idea] or inate force of matter [what we call inertia] is a power of resisting, by which every body, as much as in it lies, continues in its present state, whether it be at rest, or moving uniformly forwards in a right line.'... | |
 | Max Jammer - Science - 1997 - 260 pages
...the velocity, it is quadruple." Definition 3 describes the vis insita, or innate force of matter, as "a power of resisting, by which every body, as much as in it lies, continues in its present state, whether it be of rest, or of moving uniformly forwards in a right line."... | |
 | Peter Machamer - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 474 pages
...and reaction, and it was regarded as the principle by which uniform motion continued. Definition III. The Vis Insita, or Innate Force of Matter, is a power...resisting, by which every body, as much as in it lies, endeavors to persevere in its present state, whether it be of rest, or of moving uniformly forward... | |
 | John J. Roche - Mathematics - 1998 - 364 pages
...already possessed, and he retained the resistance to acceleration43: The innate force (vis insita) of matter, is a power of resisting, by which every body, as much as in it lies, continues in its present state, whether it be of rest, or of moving uniformly forward in a right line... | |
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The vis insita, or innate force of matter, is a power of resisting, by which every body, as much as in it lies, continues in its present state, whether it be of rest, or of moving uniformly forwards in a right line. 
