Principles and Problems of Right Thinking: A Textbook for Logic, Reflective Thinking, and Orientation CoursesHarper & brothers, 1931 - 529 pages |
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... falls faster because of its greater weight , had been the contention . But , said Galileo , if we take two bodies differing in weight , it is possible to show on this reasoning that the heavier will fall more slowly than the lighter ...
... falls faster because of its greater weight , had been the contention . But , said Galileo , if we take two bodies differing in weight , it is possible to show on this reasoning that the heavier will fall more slowly than the lighter ...
Page 337
... fall with the same velocity as C , and part B , since it is lighter than C , will fall more slowly . But all these parts are attached in one body , hence part B will retard the fall of the other parts , so that the entire body will fall ...
... fall with the same velocity as C , and part B , since it is lighter than C , will fall more slowly . But all these parts are attached in one body , hence part B will retard the fall of the other parts , so that the entire body will fall ...
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... fall . Accordingly , if we conceive a falling body sud- denly checked at any point of its fall , and projected upward H B C D E THE VELOCITY AT LEVEL H IS THE SAME WHETHER THE BODY FALL THROUGH AB , AC , AD , OR AE with the velocity ...
... fall . Accordingly , if we conceive a falling body sud- denly checked at any point of its fall , and projected upward H B C D E THE VELOCITY AT LEVEL H IS THE SAME WHETHER THE BODY FALL THROUGH AB , AC , AD , OR AE with the velocity ...
Contents
THINKING AND RIGHT THINKING | 3 |
REFLECTIVE THINKING AND ITS ALTERNATIVES | 18 |
HINDRANCES AND AIDS TO RIGHT THINKING | 31 |
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