...this unit of mass is " a quantity proportional to the unbalanced force which is required to produce a definite change in the motion of the body in a given interval of time." It is a certain combination of weight and acceleration required to facilitate dynamical calculations. The...

...VARIED TRANSLATION OF POINTS AND EIGED BODIES. SECTION 1. — Definitions. 521. The maw, er Inertin, of a body, is a quantity proportional to the unbalanced...unbalanced on the body for a fixed interval of time («. y., for a second), produces a change in the body's motion, which is the same for all bodies whatsoever....

...equilibrium amongst the forces externally applied to any connected system of points. 308. The Mass, or Inertia, of a body, is a quantity proportional...unbalanced force which is required in order to produce a ^iven definite change in the motion of the body in a given interval of time. It is known that the weight...

...equilibrium amongst the forces externally applied to any connected system of points. 308. The Mass, or Inertia, of a body, is a quantity proportional to the unbalanced force which is required iu order to produce a given definite change in the motion of the body in a given interval of time....

...CHAPTER IL ON THE TABLED TRANSLATION OF POINTS AND RIGID BODIES. SECTION 1.—Definition*. 521. The Man*, or inertia, of a body, is a quantity proportional...the motion of the body in a given interval of time. This fact has been learned by experiment j but it can also he shown that it is necessary to the permanent...

...is mass, and nothing else, as appears from the following definition given by Rankine : ' The mass, or inertia, of a body, is a quantity proportional to the unbalanced force' (does this expression imply that ' matter has an innate power to resist ' ?) ' which is required in...

...are brought together by Rankine (Applied Mechanics, p. 482) in the following sentence : " The Mass, or Inertia, of a body, is a quantity proportional...the motion of the body in a given interval of time." This definition, which makes mass and inertia the same thing, and which apparently makes them simply...

...together by Rankjnfi- (Applied Mechanics^ p. 482) in the following sentence : " The Mass, or Inertjaj-of a body, is a quantity proportional to the unbalanced...the motion of the body in a given interval of time." This definition, which makes mass I and inertia the same thing, and which apparently makes Jthem simply...

...Professor Rankine. 5th edition, Glasgow University, 1869. A standard work in engineering. "The mass or inertia of a body, is a quantity proportional to...the motion of the body in a given interval of time." The above definition treats mass and inertia as identical when they are only proportionate. Gravitation,...

...denoting it by the letter m, so that always F = ma. Rankine — Applied Mechanics. Page 482. The Mass, or Inertia, of a body, is a quantity proportional...between it and the earth, at a fixed locality on the earth 's surface, acting unbalanced on the body for a fixed interval of time (eg, for a second), produces...