Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained Part 9

15. (Pg. 34) What is uniform motion? and give an example.

16. (Pg. 34) How is uniform motion produced?

17. (Pg. 34) A ball struck by a bat gradually loses its motion; what causes produce this effect?

18. (Pg. 35) If gravity did not draw a projected body towards the earth, and the resistance of the air were removed, what would be the consequence?

19. (Pg. 35) In this case would not a great degree of force be required to produce a continued motion?

20. (Pg. 35) What is r.e.t.a.r.ded motion?

21. (Pg. 35) Give some examples.

22. (Pg. 36) What is accelerated motion?

23. (Pg. 36) Give an example.

24. (Pg. 36) Explain the mode in which gravity operates in producing this effect.

25. (Pg. 37) What number of feet will a heavy body descend in the first second of its fall, and at what rate will its velocity increase?

26. (Pg. 37) What is the difference in the time of the ascent and descent, of a stone, or other body thrown upwards?

27. (Pg. 37) By what reasoning is it proved that there is no difference?

28. (Pg. 38) What is meant by the momentum of a body?

29. (Pg. 38) How do we ascertain the momentum?

30. (Pg. 38) How may a light body have a greater momentum than one which is heavier?

31. (Pg. 38) Why must we _multiply_ the weight and velocity together in order to find the momentum?

32. (Pg. 39) When we represent weight and velocity by numbers, what must we carefully observe?

33. (Pg. 39) Why is it particularly important, to understand the nature of momentum?

34. (Pg. 39) What is meant by reaction, and what is the rule respecting it?

35. (Pg. 39) How is this exemplified by the ivory b.a.l.l.s represented in plate 1. fig. 3?

36. (Pg. 40) Explain the manner in which the six b.a.l.l.s represented in fig. 4, ill.u.s.trate this fact.

37. (Pg. 40) What must be the nature of bodies, in which the whole motion is communicated from one to the other?

38. (Pg. 40) What is the result if the b.a.l.l.s are not elastic, and how is this explained by fig. 5?

39. (Pg. 40) How will reaction a.s.sist us in explaining the flight of a bird?

40. (Pg. 40) How must their wings operate in enabling them to remain stationary, to rise, and to descend?

41. (Pg. 41) Why cannot a man fly by the aid of wings?

42. (Pg. 41) How does reaction operate in enabling us to swim, or to row a boat?

43. (Pg. 41) What const.i.tutes elasticity?

44. (Pg. 41) Give some examples.

45. (Pg. 41) What name is given to air, and for what reason?

46. (Pg. 41) What hard bodies are mentioned as elastic?

47. (Pg. 41) Do elastic bodies exhibit any indentation after a blow? and why not?

48. (Pg. 42) What do we conclude from elasticity respecting the contact of the particles of a body?

49. (Pg. 42) Are those bodies always the most elastic, which are the least dense?

50. (Pg. 42) Give examples to prove that this is not the case.

51. (Pg. 42) All bodies are believed to be porous, what is said on this subject respecting gold?

52. (Pg. 43) What conjecture was made by sir Isaac Newton, respecting the porosity of bodies in general?

53. (Pg. 43) If you throw an elastic body against a wall, it will rebound; what is this occasioned by, and what is this return motion called?

54. (Pg. 43) What do we mean by a perpendicular line?

55. (Pg. 43) What is an angle?

56. (Pg. 43) What is represented by fig. 1. plate 2?

57. (Pg. 44) Have the length of the lines which meet in a point, any thing to do with the measurement of an angle?

58. (Pg. 44) What use can we make of compa.s.ses in measuring an angle?

59. (Pg. 44) Into what number of parts do we suppose a whole circle divided, and what are these parts called?

60. (Pg. 44) When are two angles said to be equal?

61. (Pg. 44) Upon what does the dimension of an angle depend?

62. (Pg. 44) What number of degrees, and what portion of a circle is there in a right angle?

63. (Pg. 44) How must one line be situated on another to form two right angles? (fig. 1.)

64. (Pg. 44) Figure 2 represents an angle of more than 90 degrees, what is that called?