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Journal
Recovered by Nurayda Albeez, Pranavi Kumar,
Kate Wilson, and Gesi Hajredini
April 14, 1686 During the first draft of my letter to the King, the cursed ink jar
spilled over my parchment once again. Filled with rage, I crumpled the
parchment and threw it at the waste bin. The parchment fell at the foot
of the bin, and I rose to throw it again. I realized that when the
Dear King James ll, parchment was soaring through the air, a force was not needed to keep
was forced to crumble and throw it away. When I was at the post office to deliver my letter to the King, I
Then, an idea hit me like that apple the spotted an ink jar on the postman’s desk. The ink jar was motionless,
and I noted that a force was not causing this. This led me to believe
other day, and I began thinking about force that a force is not needed to keep something still. So, if an object is not
moving, it will continue not moving until something pulls or pushes on
making a groundbreaking discovery and playing ball. As I observed them from afar, I noticed that the
shall inform you once I reach my change direction. So, I hypothesized that a force is needed to make
an object go faster, slower, or change direction.
conclusion.
Best regards,
did not change for a very long time. But what is a change in motion?
A change in motion can be a change in an object’s speed, direction, or
Isaac Newton
both.
April 25, 1686
I went over to Jane’s place yesterday and helped her bring in new stock
April 22, 1686 for her store. Little Billy helped out too but insisted on pushing the
small, light crates instead of the big, heavy ones because they were easier
to push. I suddenly understood and explained to him that the big, heavy
crates were harder to push than the small, light crates because, to
Dear King James ll, equally change the motion of two objects of different mass, more force
saying that I believed I was on track of I took a short stroll through the woods this afternoon and came
making a groundbreaking discovery and across a group of lumberjacks pulling freshly cut logs. Some of the
lumberjacks were pulling thick logs while others were pulling thin
would inform you once I reached my ones. The lumberjacks were racing to the end of the woods to see who
was the fastest and strongest. I predicted who would win because the
conclusion. I am ecstatic to share my first man who used the most force to pull the log would create the greatest
acceleration. Therefore, the bigger the force applied to an object, the
greater the resulting acceleration.
revelation called Newton’s First Law of
Motion. This law states that an object’s
motion cannot change unless a force acts on April 28, 1686
are a few more mysteries I need to solve farming equipment back into the barn. The heavier tools were more
Sincerely, traveled in carriages, one with 4 people and one with 2. In order for
the carriages to accelerate, the horses had to apply a larger force. The
travel was long, and I pondered on how I could find the force relative
to the mass and the acceleration. After several hours, I came up with
this: the net force(F) needed to accelerate(a) any mass(m) is summed up
May 3, 1686 This year, after becoming fed up with Mr. Baker showing off his
gardening skills, I decided to start a garden of my own. The first step
was digging holes to place the seeds in. As I used my shovel to stab the
dirt with anger, the shovel seemed to bounce back at me. It was as if the
Dear King James ll, force I exerted onto the ground came back at me. I am starting to
I was cooking with Mom last night and she was making my favorite
Your Loyal Subject, stew. She asked me to place the pot over the fire and I finalized my
hypothesis. While hanging over the blazing fire, the pot exerted a force
on the fire, and the fire exerted the same sized force back on the pot in
the opposite direction for the same amount of time. So, when an object
exerts a force on a second object, the second object applies the same
Isaac Newton sized force in the opposite direction and for the same amount of time
to the first object.
May 14, 1686
Summary
At last, my force and motion discoveries Newton’s First Law of Motion: This law states that an
have come to an end. Newton’s Third Law object’s motion cannot change unless a force acts on the
is now complete. This law states that when object.
an object exerts a force on a second object,
the second object applies the same sized Newton’s Second Law of Motion: This law states that to
force in the opposite direction and for the equally change the motion of two objects of different mass,
same amount of time to the first object. I more force must be applied to the more-massive object. In
cannot wait to share these discoveries with addition to this, the law states that the bigger the force
the rest of the world, and I can only hope applied to an object, the greater the resulting acceleration.
that they will help lead mankind to a
brighter, better future.
same sized force in the opposite direction and for the same
Your Good Friend,
Isaac Newton