This is an iron-clad evidence for the law of inertia as the horizontal motion of ball before, during and after the catch is the same. To paraphrase, owing to the inertia of motion, the horizontal ...

Sir Isaac Newton proposed his First Law of Motion, the Law of Inertia, in 1687: A body at rest tends to remain at rest. A body in motion tends to stay in motion. Bodies will continue in their ...

Sir Isaac Newton proposed his First Law of Motion, the Law of Inertia, in 1687: A body at rest tends to remain at rest. A body in motion tends to stay in motion. Bodies will continue in their ...