 | William Templeton (engineer.) - 1833 - 224 sider
...spaces passed through 1, 4, 9, 16, &c. And the spaces for each time, as the odd numbers, 1,3,5, 7, &c. It has been ascertained by experiment that a body falling freely from rest, will descend through 16T'T feet in the first second of time, and will then have acquired a velocity... | |
 | J. M. Scribner - 1849 - 286 sider
...through, as 1, 4, 9, 16, &c. ; and the spaces for each time as the series of odd numbers, 1, 3, 5, 7, &c. It has been ascertained, by experiment, that a body falling freely from rest, will descend 16T'o feet in the first second of time, and will then have acquired a velocity,... | |
 | Jacques Eugène Armengaud (the Elder.), William Johnson - 1853 - 416 sider
...46-005 46-490 46-978 47-469 47-962 48-458 48-956 49-457 49-960 50-466 50-975 95 THE FALL OF BODIES. 258. When bodies fall freely of their own weight, the velocities...of rest, passes through a distance of 16 feet and a email fraction, in the first second of time. At the end of this time it has a velocity equal to twice... | |
 | william johnson - 1854 - 212 sider
...47-962 48-458 48-956 49-457 49-960 50-466 50-975 BOOK OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN. THE FALL OF BODIES. 258. When bodies fall freely of their own weight, the velocities...this it follows that if the times of observation are — r 32 ft. . •16 " . I" 64 ft. . 64 " . 3" 96 ft. , 128 ft. 256" The corresponding velocities will... | |
 | Henry Pallett - 1866 - 354 sider
...proportion to the time of their fall, and the times are as the square root of the distance fallen. It has been ascertained by experiment, that a body falling freely from rest will descend 16J feet in the first second of time, and will then have acquired a velocity which,... | |
 | Nehemiah Hawkins - 1901 - 354 sider
...Hence, weights arc nothing more than measures of the force of gravity in different bodies. GRAVITY. It has been ascertained, by experiment, that a body falling freely from rest, will descend 16i5 feet in the first second of time, and will then have acquired a velocity, which,... | |
 | Nehemiah Hawkins - 1903 - 362 sider
...descending. Hence, weights are nothing more than measures of the force of gravity in different bodies. It has been ascertained, by experiment, that a body falling freely from rest, will descend 16^ feet in the first second of time, and will then have acquired a velocity, which... | |
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THE FALL OF BODIES. 258. When bodies fall freely of their own weight, the velocities which they acquire are proportionate to the time during which they have fallen, whilst the spaces passed through are as the squares of the times. It has been ascertained... 