Sentence examples for force of inertia from inspiring English sources

Consequently, inherent force [vis insita] may also be called by the very significant name of force of inertia [vis inertiae].

Kepler likewise derived it from experience, though he went further, conceiving of it in terms of a special force of inertia.

In the course of the Physical Monadology, Kant also argues for the necessity of attractive and repulsive forces and attributes a significant role to the force of inertia.

It appears, then, that the force of bodies to which Newton refers in his explanation of the third law of motion (note 14 above) is precisely the force of inertia.

Wolff believes that although corpuscles are extended, fill space, and are endowed with the "force of inertia," a precise statement of their size, magnitude, and shape cannot be empirically determined.

Even the principal properties of bodies used in the analysis of bodily change and motion (i.e., the properties used in mechanics), such as extension, the force of inertia, and motor force, are deemed by Wolff to be phenomenal properties.

As with any business there are powerful forces of inertia at play.

He needs a narrative that will get the same voters who elected him to push through his ambitious agenda — against all the forces of inertia and private greed.

The government's own engineers were impressed with Clearview, but any immediate progress was slowed by the inevitable forces of inertia and bureaucracy in Washington.

There's a six-month window before the turf-protectors and the forces of inertia in Washington will destroy their ability to succeed.

The forces of inertia in American health care are too great, the system too fragmented and the vested interests too powerful.