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Re: [Phys-l] History of Friction



Hi Scott-
I haven't tried it, but let me know what you get with:
coulomb friction on Google.
Regards,
Jack




On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, Scott Hill wrote:

I'm wondering about the history of the concept of friction. As I
understand it, before Newton people assumed that objects in motion
tended to stop if a force wasn't applied, but when Newton introduced
the First Law, we suddenly had to consider friction as a force rather
than a fundamental law. Was there some particular person (Newton
himself, perhaps) who first introduced the notion of the "frictional
force"? Or was the idea around before Newton, but not well-codified?

Anybody happen to know? Answers before my class tomorrow morning
would be doubly welcome. ;)

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:@-) Scott
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