Matter and motion

""CONTENTS.""; ""PREFACE (1877)""; ""James Clerk Maxwell.""; ""CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION""; "" 1 Nature of Physical Science 6""; "" 2 Definition of a Material System 7""; "" 3 Definition of Internal and External 7""; "" 4 Definition of Configuration 7""; "" 5 Diagrams 8""; "" 6 A Material Particle 8""; "" 7 Relative Position of two Material Particles 8""; "" 8 Vectors 9""; "" 9 System of Three Particles 10""; "" 10 Addition of Vectors 10""; "" 11 Subtraction of one Vector from another 11""; "" 12 Origin of Vectors 11""; "" 13 Relative Position of Two Systems 12""

"" 14 Three Data for the Comparison of Two Systems 12"""" 15 On the Idea of Space 13""; "" 16 Error of Descartes 14""; "" 17 On the Idea of Time 15""; "" 18 Absolute Space 16""; "" 19 Statement of the General Maxim of Physical Science 17""; ""CHAPTER II. ON MOTION""; "" 20 Definition of Displacement 19""; "" 21 Diagram of Displacement 19""; "" 22 Relative Displacement 20""; "" 23 Uniform Displacement 21""; "" 24 On Motion 22""; "" 25 On the Continuity of Motion 22""; "" 26 On Constant Velocity 23""; "" 27 On the Measurement of Velocity when Variable 23""

"" 28 Diagram of Velocities 24"""" 29 Properties of the Diagram of Velocities 25""; "" 30 Meaning of the Phrase ""At Rest"" 26""; "" 31 On Change of Velocity 26""; "" 32 On Acceleration 27""; "" 33 On the Rate of Acceleration 27""; "" 34 Diagram of Accelerations 28""; "" 35 Acceleration a Relative Term 28""; ""CHAPTER III. ON FORCE""; "" 36 Kinematics and Kinetics 30""; "" 37 Mutual Action between Two Bodies-Stress 30""; "" 38 External Force 30""; "" 39 Different Aspects of the same Phenomenon 31""; "" 40 Newton's Laws of Motion 31""; "" 41 The First Law of Motion 31""

"" 42 On the Equilibrium of Forces 34"""" 43 Definition of Equal Times 34""; "" 44 The Second Law of Motion 35""; "" 45 Definition of Equal Masses and of Equal Forces 36""; "" 46 Measurement of Mass 36""; "" 47 Numerical Measurement of Force 38""; "" 48 Simultaneous Action of Forces on a Body 39""; "" 49 On Impulse 40""; "" 50 Relation between Force and Mass 41""; "" 51 On Momentum 41""; "" 52 Statement of the Second Law of Motion in Terms of Impulse and Momentum 42""; "" Impulse and Momentum 42""; "" 53 Addition of Forces 42""; "" 54 The Third Law of Motion 43""

"" 55 Action and Reaction are the Partial Aspects of a Stress 43"""" 56 Attraction and Repulsion 43""; "" 57 The Third Law True of Action at a Distance 45""; "" 58 Newton's Proof not Experimental 45""; ""CHAPTER IV. ON THE PROPERTIES OF THE CENTRE OF MASS OF A MATERIAL SYSTEM""; "" 59 Definition of a Mass-Vector 47""; "" 60 Centre of Mass of Two Particles 47""; "" 61 Centre of Mass of a System 48""; "" 62 Momentum represented as the Rate of Change of a Mass-Vector 48""; "" 63 Effect of External Forces on the Motion of the Centre of Mass 49""