The Galileian System of Coordinates
Section Four
Einstein states the Law of Inertia as follows:
A body removed sufficiently far from other bodies continues in a state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line. (p. 13)
This law is important because the Newtonian Mechanics does not hold for a system where this law does not hold. Thus this law may be regarded as one of the characteristic features of the systems where the classical mechanics is valid.
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For more on the law of inertia, and of the concept of inertia, see Inertia.
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