. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. 0,000. MOMENTUM, the quantity of motionpossessed by a moving body. Momentumequals the mass multiplied by the velocity. Astone weighing 200 pounds and moving 20feet per second will have a momentum of 20times 200 pounds, or 4,000 pounds. The unitquantity of momentum most commonly em-ployed is that possessed by a body of themass of 1 pound, moving with a velocity of 1foot per second. The C. G. S. (centimeter-grain-second) unit is the momen
. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. 0,000. MOMENTUM, the quantity of motionpossessed by a moving body. Momentumequals the mass multiplied by the velocity. Astone weighing 200 pounds and moving 20feet per second will have a momentum of 20times 200 pounds, or 4,000 pounds. The unitquantity of momentum most commonly em-ployed is that possessed by a body of themass of 1 pound, moving with a velocity of 1foot per second. The C. G. S. (centimeter-grain-second) unit is the momentum possessedby a body of one gram mass, and one centi-meter per second velocity. MOMMSEN, molimzen, Theodor (1817-1903), a celebrated German historian andarchaeologist. In 1852 he became professorof Roman law at theUniversity of Ziirich,and two years laterhe was given a sim-ilar position at theUniversity of Bres-lau. He went to Ber-lin in 1858 as pro-fessor of ancient his-tory and remainedthere until his the Prussian par-liament, of which hewas a member from mommsen 1873 to 1882, he became prominent as anadvocate of liberal movements and as an. MOMUS 2382 MONASTICISM opponent of much of Bismarcks Boman^ History is one of themost notable contributions ever made tohistory. MOMUS, in classical mythology, the godof mockery and censure, who was expelledfrom heaven for his free criticism of thegods. Momus is generally represented rais-ing a mask from his face and holding a smallfigure in his hand. His mother was Nox,goddess of night. MONACHISM, monakizm. See MoN- ASTICISM. MONACO, mona ho, the smallest independ-ent principality in the word, with an areaof eight square miles, at the extreme south-east of Prance, less than five miles from theItalian border. It is Italian in tradition, butFrench in language, and since 1860 has beenunder the protection of the French govern-ment. There is little of Monaco except the cap-ital, Monaco, the famous Monte Carlo, cente
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