Change in position of an object over time; a body is said to be in motion if it changes its position or orientation with respect to its immediate surroundings

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Pneumatics: page to a partwork on science, with pictures of scientific equipment. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1804.

Aristotle and Ptolemy discuss with Copernicus their respective views on the movements of the Sun and the Earth. Engraving, 1663, after S. Della Bella, 1632.

Discours sur les loix de la communication du mouvement : qui a merité les Eloges de l'Academie Royale des Sciences aux années 1724. & 1726. & qui a concouru à l'occasion des Prix distribuez dans lesdites années / par Jean Bernoulli.

Descartes' metaphysical physics / Daniel Garber.

On Aristotle Physics 6 / Simplicius ; translated by David Konstan.

Motion-life, or, The demon of the age and means of its exorcism / by H. Halsted.

Newton on matter and activity / Ernan McMullin.

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Motion

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Images about Motion

Works from the collections

Discours sur les loix de la communication du mouvement : qui a merité les Eloges de l'Academie Royale des Sciences aux années 1724. & 1726. & qui a concouru à l'occasion des Prix distribuez dans lesdites années / par Jean Bernoulli.

Descartes' metaphysical physics / Daniel Garber.

On Aristotle Physics 6 / Simplicius ; translated by David Konstan.

Motion-life, or, The demon of the age and means of its exorcism / by H. Halsted.

Newton on matter and activity / Ernan McMullin.

Motion

Images from the collections

Images about Motion

Works from the collections

Discours sur les loix de la communication du mouvement : qui a merité les Eloges de l'Academie Royale des Sciences aux années 1724. & 1726. & qui a concouru à l'occasion des Prix distribuez dans lesdites années / par Jean Bernoulli.

Descartes' metaphysical physics / Daniel Garber.

On Aristotle Physics 6 / Simplicius ; translated by David Konstan.

Motion-life, or, The demon of the age and means of its exorcism / by H. Halsted.

Newton on matter and activity / Ernan McMullin.

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