Stewart, Balfour, 1828-1887 · Toronto : James Campbell · leaf 16
hanges the state of a bodyis called force, whether that state be one ofrest or of motion. Experiment i.—To prove this, take a tin panwith some peas in the bottom of it, and hold the panin your right hand. Now quickly raise your right hand,with the pan m it, until your right arm is brought toa stop… … suddenly come to a dead stop. You have first, by theforce of your arm, given an upward motion to the pan,and the pan has forced the peas to mount with it,since clearly they could not remain behind. Then,again, when your right arm holding the pan was mount-ing quickly, you allowed it to be stopped…
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