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Mach’s principle: References & Edit History

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Add new Web site: University of Minnesota Morris Digital Well - Mach's Principle: Why Are Some Reference Frames Inertial, And Others Not? Nov 17, 2023
Add new Web site: Physics LibreTexts - Mach's Principle Revisited. Dec 09, 2022
Corrected display issue. Feb 18, 2021
Added new Web site: Mach's Principle - Antigravity. Dec 06, 2006
Added new Web site: Mach's Principle. Dec 05, 2006
Added new Web site: Mach's Principle. Dec 05, 2006
Added new Web site: Ernst Mach - Physics. Dec 04, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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