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Their life is centripetal, pivoted inside itself, and does not run out towards others and mankind.
SEA AND SARDINIAD. H. LAWRENCEIn society there is both a centripetal and a centrifugal force; the centripetal chiefly human, the centrifugal chiefly Divine.
THE EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE: THE BOOK OF JOSHUAWILLIAM GARDEN BLAIKIEThe centripetal force, exerted through the cord, O A, pulls it aside from this direction of motion.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, VOL. XXI., NO. 531, MARCH 6, 1886VARIOUSIt is true, the resistance of the body furnishes the measure of the centripetal force.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, VOL. XXI., NO. 531, MARCH 6, 1886VARIOUSSometimes the centripetal force is weak, and opportunity is afforded to observe this action, and see its character exhibited.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, VOL. XXI., NO. 531, MARCH 6, 1886VARIOUSA common example of weak centripetal force is the adhesion of water to the face of a revolving grindstone.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, VOL. XXI., NO. 531, MARCH 6, 1886VARIOUSThat is, it has no motion, either from or toward the center, except that which is produced by the action of the centripetal force.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, VOL. XXI., NO. 531, MARCH 6, 1886VARIOUSFor a centrifugal explosion, they substitute a centripetal adjustment.
THE UNPOPULAR REVIEW VOL. IVARIOUSBuddhism is centripetal, but Christianity is centrifugal: it breaks out.
ORTHODOXYG. K. CHESTERTONThe centripetal wires warn us of accidents happening without; the centrifugal wires carry the reparation.
THE FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENCE: SCIENCE AND HYPOTHESIS, THE VALUE OF SCIENCE, SCIENCE AND METHODHENRI POINCARWORDS RELATED TO CENTRIPETAL
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