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Re: inertial forces (definition)



Newton definitely noted the different concepts of gravitational "charge"
and intertial mass, noted that they were strictly proportional (and thus
could be made equal by a suitable choice of the number "G"), and had no
explanation for this surprising fact. The explanation is not provided
until General Relativity.

J. Epstein