Quote: it is by definition that 'f=ma', that action and reaction are equal and opposite, that objects remain in uniform motion

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The principles of dynamics appeared to us first as experimental truths, but we have been compelled to use them as definitions. It is by definition that force is equal to the product of the mass and the acceleration; this is a principle which is henceforth beyond the reach of any future experiment. Thus it is by definition that action and reaction are equal and opposite. [and, by definition, that objects remain in uniform motion if no forces apply.]   Google-1   Google-2

Published before 1923

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