Sujet : Newton's Third Law and Inertia De : fortunati.luigi (at) *nospam* gmail.com (Luigi Fortunati) Groupes :sci.physics.research Date : 05. Apr 2025, 21:31:24 Autres entêtes Organisation : A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID :<vsqj76$1jppa$1@dont-email.me>
Newton's third law says that if body A exerts a force on body B, body B reacts with an equal and opposite force against body A.
Newton, speaking of inertia, says: "A body exerts this force [inertia] only, when another force, impressed upon it, endeavors to change its condition".
It seems that he is talking about exactly the same forces.
If not, what differences are there between the two?