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 ... upon the direction of the push, the point of its application. Whether the body be a mass as large as the earth or as small as a molecule, makes no difference in that particular. Suppose, then, that a (Fig. 2) spends its energy on b, b on c, c on d, and so on. The energy of a gives translatory motion to b, b sets c vibrating, and c makes d spin on some axis. Each of these has had energy spent on it, and each has some form of energy different from the other, but no new factor has been introduced between a and ...
— The Machinery of the Universe - Mechanical Conceptions of Physical Phenomena • Amos Emerson Dolbear |
