Gravitation Versus Relativity: A Non-technical Explanation of the Fundamental Principles of Gravitational Astronomy and a Critical Examination of the Astronomical Evidence Cited as Proof of the Generalized Theory of RelativityG. P. Putnam, 1922 - 277 páginas |
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Página 108 - Every body continues in its state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.
Página 109 - To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction ; or, the mutual actions of two bodies are always equal and oppositely directed.
Página 69 - that every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle, with a force whose direction is that of the line joining the two, and whose magnitude is directly as the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of their distances from each other.
Página 26 - If, relative to K, K' is a uniformly moving co-ordinate system devoid of rotation, then natural phenomena run their course with respect to K' according to exactly the same general laws as with respect to K.
Página 238 - Thus the motions of the planets do not prove the truth of the Einstein theory, nor, on the other hand, do they prove its falsity. While these motions can be accounted for by a certain distribution of matter in the solar envelope, it has not yet been established by observation that the matter is actually distributed through space in the required way.
Página 34 - Every reference-body (co-ordinate system) has its own particular time; unless we are told the reference-body to which the statement of time refers, there is no meaning in a statement of the time of an event.
Página 22 - ... we are in a position to say: The stone traverses a straight line relative to a system of co-ordinates rigidly attached to the carriage, but relative to a system of co-ordinates rigidly attached to the ground (embankment) it describes a parabola.
Página xviii - From henceforth space in itself and time in itself sink to mere shadows, and only a kind of union of the two preserves an independent existence.