Gage, Alfred P. (Alfred Payson), 1836-1903, Fessenden, C · Toronto : W.J. Gage · leaf 126
to change its mo-tion, continues in the direction in which it is moving at that poiut;I.e., in the direction ill, which is a tangent to its former circular path. This tendency of a body moving iu a curvilinefir path to flyoff in a straight line has been erroneously attributed to a sup-posed… … 110 DYNAMICS. are commonlj attributed to it are due entirely to the tendencyof moving bodies to move in straiglit lines in consequence oftheir inertia. If a moving bod} is to describe a curvilinearpath, a force called a centripetal force must be constantl} appliedto it at an angle to its otherwise…
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