 ... are so strongly attracted by the earth, as to resist every other impulse; otherwise they would necessarily move towards the hills and the mountains; but the lesser force must yield to the greater. There are, however, some, circumstances in which the...  Conversations on Natural Philosophy - Page 15by Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1824 - 252 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand), Thomas P. Jones - Physics - 1826 - 286 pages
...without the aid of attraction. Mrs. B. It is certainly the cohesive attraction between the bricks and the mortar, which enables them to build walls, and...body has sensibly counteracted that of the earth. ^.f whilst standing on the declivity of a mountain, you hold a plumb-line in your hand, the weight... | |
 | New York (State) School for the deaf, White Plains - 1828 - 666 pages
...certainly the cohesive attraction between the brick and mortar which enables them to build the walls. They are so strongly attracted by the earth as to resist every other impulse. They would necessarily move towards the hills and the mountains. There are some circumstances in which... | |
 | Physics - 1832 - 640 pages
...mortar, nor that of gravity which fixes the wall to Ihe ground. There are, however, some instances in which the attraction of a large body has sensibly counteracted that of the earth. If a man, standing on the declivity of an abrupt mountain, hold a plumb-line in his hand, the weight will... | |
 | Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1835 - 398 pages
...will no longer expect to see the earth rising to meet the stone. There are, however, some instances, in which the attraction of a large body has sensibly counteracted that of the earth. If a man, standing on the edge of a perpendicular side of a mountain, hold a plumb line in his hand, the... | |
 | Readers (Elementary) - 1836 - 424 pages
...will no longer expect to see the earth rising to meet the stone. There are, however, some instances, in which the attraction of a large body has sensibly counteracted that of the earth. If a man, standing on the edge of a perpendicular side of a mountain, hold a plumb line in his hand, the... | |
 | Jane Marcet - 1839 - 544 pages
...attraction between the bricks and the mortar which enables them to build walls ; and these, in their turn, are so strongly attracted by the earth as to resist...whilst standing on the declivity of a mountain, you hold a plumb-line in your hand, the weight will not fall perpendicular to the earth, but incline a... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - Astronomy - 1852 - 606 pages
...mortar, nor that of gravity, which fixes the wall to the ground. There are, however, some instances in which the attraction of a large body has sensibly counteracted that of the earth. If a man, standing on the declivity of an abrupt mountain, hold a plum-line in his hand, the weight will... | |
 | New-York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb - Deaf - 1846 - 296 pages
...resist every other impulse. They would necessarily move towards the hills and the mountains. There are some circumstances in which the attraction of a large...body has sensibly counteracted that of the earth. I suppose the earth attracts it more strongly. The attraction of the sun is the centripetal force,... | |
 | Deaf - 1844 - 664 pages
...certainly the cohesive attraction between the brick and mortar which enables them to build the walls. They are so strongly attracted by the earth as to resist every other impulse. They would necessarily move towards the hills and the mountains. There are some circumstances in which... | |
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