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Accelerated Clock Rate Argument

Switzerland · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1907

Albert Einstein1907

Bern · Science / Physics

Using accelerated reference frames, Einstein concluded that clocks at different gravitational potentials should not run at identical rates, linking gravity directly with the measurement of time.

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Albert Einstein

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