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IN his valuable lecture on force at Glasgow, reported in NATURE, vol. xiv., p. 459, Prof. Tait did great service by insisting on the duty of precision and consistency in the use of this as of other scientific terms, and showed clearly how the word “force” may be used precisely and consistently. My reason for troubling you with this communication is that I am unable to identify this use of the word with Newton's, on the assumption that the English equivalent for Newton's vis is “force.”
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MAIN, P. Force. Nature 14, 505 (1876). https://doi.org/10.1038/014505a0
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