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Newton
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THE HISTORY OF THE ROLLER COASTERS
AND NEWTON'S THREE LAWS
Roller coasters began with the Russian Ice Slides in the mid 1600’s throughout Russia, mainly St. Petersburg’s Russia. They were built of wood with 50 degree drops. The slides were covered with a several inches of ice. Stairs were connected to the back of the slide for people to climb to get onto the Slide. Many of the Ice Slides were hundreds of feet long.
Russian Ice Slides
The first coaster with wheels was built by the French in 1784. It had carriages that rode over wavy hills on a track. In 1817, two coasters were built in France, both had cars that locked into a track. They were named The Russian Mou
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