 | Isaac Newton - Celestial mechanics - 1729 - 444 pages
...quadruple. DEFINITION III. • v The Vis Infita, or Innate Force of Matter, X< is a power of rejijting, by which every body, as much as in it lies, endeavours to perfevere in its prefint ft ate, whether it be of reft, or of moving uniformly forward in aright line.... | |
 | English literature - 1771 - 522 pages
...vu infita of matter, it is, according to Sir Ifaac Newton, that innate force or power of refifting, by which every body, as much as in it lies, endeavours to perfevere in its prefent ftate, whether it be of reft, or moving uniformly forward in a right line,... | |
 | Olinthus Gilbert Gregory - 1802 - 590 pages
...innate force of matter, is a power of relisting, by which every body, as much as in it lies, endeavour, to persevere in its present state, whether it be of rest, or of moving uniformly forward in a right line." Matte's Translation o/'AV^ tun's I'riiuipta, bwk I. definition... | |
 | Thomas Taylor - Philosophy, Ancient - 1812 - 622 pages
...definitions, therefore, which form the basis of his philosophy, is the following: "The vis insita, or innate force of matter, is a -power of resisting,...which every body, as much as in it lies, endeavours to perserve in its present state, whether it be of rest, or moving imiformly forward in a right line.™... | |
 | Thomas Taylor - Philosophy, Ancient - 1812 - 628 pages
...matter, is a power of resisting, by which every body, as much as in it lies, endeavours to perserve in its present state, whether it be of rest, or moving uniformly forward in a right line." In this definition an innate force is ascribed to matter, which completely subverts the natural tendencies... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 830 pages
...The vis Ínsita, or innate force of matter, is a power of resisting, by which every body, as much a in it lies, endeavours to persevere in its present...rest, or moving uniformly forward in a right line. 4. An impressed force is an action exerted upon a body, in order to change its state, either of rest,... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 788 pages
...therefore in a body double in quantity, with equal velocity, the motion is double, &c. 3. The vis insiU, or innate force of matter, is a power of resisting, by which every body, as much u in it lies, endeavours to persevere in its present state, whether it be of rest, or moving uniformly... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 778 pages
...is double, &C.- • •/.'*. 3. The vis iNsiTA, or innate force of matter, i» a power of refifting, by which every body, as much as in it lies, endeavours to perfevere in its • prefent ftate, whether it be of reft, or moving uniformly forward in a right line.... | |
 | William Fleming - Philosophy - 1860 - 912 pages
...Leibnitz maintained that matter manifests force in maintaining its state of rest. " The vis iiisita, or innate force of matter, is a power of resisting...persevere in its present state, whether it be of rest or of moving uniformly forward in a straight line. This force is ever proportional to the body whose force... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1861 - 904 pages
...termed it <ru inertia. "The ni» ínsita (oi» inertia) t or innate force of matter," says Newton, "is a power of resisting by which every body, as much...persevere in its present state, whether it be of rest or of moving uniformly forward in a straight line. This force is ever proportional to the body whose force... | |
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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, endeavours to persevere in its present state, whether it be of rest, or of moving uniformly forward in a right line. 
