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Matter and motion /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Electric Book Co.,
©2001.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- CONTENTS.
- PREFACE (1877)
- James Clerk Maxwell.
- CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION
- 1 Nature of Physical Science 6
- 2 Definition of a Material System 7
- 3 Definition of Internal and External 7
- 4 Definition of Configuration 7
- 5 Diagrams 8
- 6 A Material Particle 8
- 7 Relative Position of two Material Particles 8
- 8 Vectors 9
- 9 System of Three Particles 10
- 10 Addition of Vectors 10
- 11 Subtraction of one Vector from another 11
- 12 Origin of Vectors 11
- 13 Relative Position of Two Systems 12
- 14 Three Data for the Comparison of Two Systems 12 15 On the Idea of Space 13
- 16 Error of Descartes 14
- 17 On the Idea of Time 15
- 18 Absolute Space 16
- 19 Statement of the General Maxim of Physical Science 17
- CHAPTER II. ON MOTION
- 20 Definition of Displacement 19
- 21 Diagram of Displacement 19
- 22 Relative Displacement 20
- 23 Uniform Displacement 21
- 24 On Motion 22
- 25 On the Continuity of Motion 22
- 26 On Constant Velocity 23
- 27 On the Measurement of Velocity when Variable 23
- 28 Diagram of Velocities 24 29 Properties of the Diagram of Velocities 25
- 30 Meaning of the Phrase At Rest 26
- 31 On Change of Velocity 26
- 32 On Acceleration 27
- 33 On the Rate of Acceleration 27
- 34 Diagram of Accelerations 28
- 35 Acceleration a Relative Term 28
- CHAPTER III. ON FORCE
- 36 Kinematics and Kinetics 30
- 37 Mutual Action between Two Bodies-Stress 30
- 38 External Force 30
- 39 Different Aspects of the same Phenomenon 31
- 40 Newton's Laws of Motion 31
- 41 The First Law of Motion 31
- 42 On the Equilibrium of Forces 34 43 Definition of Equal Times 34
- 44 The Second Law of Motion 35
- 45 Definition of Equal Masses and of Equal Forces 36
- 46 Measurement of Mass 36
- 47 Numerical Measurement of Force 38
- 48 Simultaneous Action of Forces on a Body 39
- 49 On Impulse 40
- 50 Relation between Force and Mass 41
- 51 On Momentum 41
- 52 Statement of the Second Law of Motion in Terms of Impulse and Momentum 42
- Impulse and Momentum 42
- 53 Addition of Forces 42
- 54 The Third Law of Motion 43
- 55 Action and Reaction are the Partial Aspects of a Stress 43 56 Attraction and Repulsion 43
- 57 The Third Law True of Action at a Distance 45
- 58 Newton's Proof not Experimental 45
- CHAPTER IV. ON THE PROPERTIES OF THE CENTRE OF MASS OF A MATERIAL SYSTEM
- 59 Definition of a Mass-Vector 47
- 60 Centre of Mass of Two Particles 47
- 61 Centre of Mass of a System 48
- 62 Momentum represented as the Rate of Change of a Mass-Vector 48
- 63 Effect of External Forces on the Motion of the Centre of Mass 49