Snow, Benjamin Warner, 1860- · Madison, Wis. · leaf 109
, because of its inertia, cannot acquire in so shorta time a velocity as great as that of the gases due to the ex-plosion. AVhile, therefore, tlie entire surface of the iron is 10-i FORCE AND MOTION. rendered concave, the parts immediately beneath the leaf areless deeply impressed than are the… … Fig. 62. A leaf, by its inertia, partially shields a block ofiron from the explcsion of gun-cotton. 98. Force Developed by Inertia—The So-called Force ofInertia. The converse of this principle is likewise true. Justas a force must act upon a body for a finite time to impart mo-tion to the body, so…
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