Quote: a body in motion stays in motion; can not stop in an instant; e.g., waves on the water

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When a Body is once in motion, it moveth (unless something els hinder it) eternally; and whatsoever hindreth it, cannot in an instant, but in time, and by degrees quite extinguish it: And as wee see in the water, though the wind cease, the waves give not over rowing for a long time after   Google-1   Google-2

Published before 1923

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