Discovering Mechanics: Louis Renault e-book (RENAULT) | Page 8

In this work, Newton stated the three universal laws of motion.
Together, these laws describe the relationship between any
object, the forces acting upon it and the resulting motion, laying
the foundation for classical mechanics.
They contributed to many advances during the Industrial
Revolution which soon followed and were not improved upon
for more than 200 years.
Many of these advancements continue to be the underpinnings
of non-relativistic technologies in the modern world. He used
the Latin word gravitas (weight) for the effect that would
become known as gravity, and defined the law of universal
gravitation.