A change in motion is proportional to the motive force impressed and takes place along the straight line in which that force is impressed.


The Principia: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (1687), 3rd edition (1726), trans. I. B. Cohen and Anne Whitman (1999), Axioms, or Laws of Motion, Law 2

Isaac Newton Quotes

A change in motion is proportional to the motive force impressed and takes place along the straight line in which that force is impressed.

A change in motion is proportional to the motive force impressed and takes place along the straight line in which that force is impressed.

A change in motion is proportional to the motive force impressed and takes place along the straight line in which that force is impressed.

A change in motion is proportional to the motive force impressed and takes place along the straight line in which that force is impressed.