Handbook of Mass Measurement
Publisher: Chapman & Hall/CRC
Published: March 26, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780849325311
Subjects: Classical mechanics; Physics; Weights And Measures; Science; Science/Mathematics; Weights & Measures; Engineering - Mechanical; Gravity; Science / Chemistry / Analytic; Mass (Physics); Measurement; Mensuration
First sentence: The following quotation of Condon and Odishaw is presented here as a succinct definition of mass: "The property of a body by which it requires force to change its state of motion is called inertia, and mass is the numerical measure of this property."