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A short history of astronomy (1898)

Berry, Arthur,b. 1862 · London, J. Murray · leaf 271

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uently by Galileis FirstLaw (chapter vi., §§ 130, i33)» if left toitself and uninfluenced by any other body, it would con-tinue to move with the same speed and in the samedirection, i.e. along the line a a, and consequently wouldbe found after some time at such a point as a. Butactually it is found… … Motion in a circle. H 171, 172] Motion in a Circle 215 constantly to draw the body towards o, or counteractingthe tendency which it has, in virtue of the First Law ofMotion, to get farther and farther away from o. Toexpress either of these tendencies numerically we want amore complex idea than that…

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