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2. Michael Friedman, Foundations of Spacetime Theories ( Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1983 ), pp. 62–68.
3. See discussions in John Earman, "Who's Afraid of Absolute Space?" Australasian Journal of Philosophy 48 (1970): 288-293
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5. Michel Ghins, L 'inertie et l'espace-temps absolu de Newton à Einstein, Mémoires de la Classe des Lettres 69/2 ( Brussels: Palais des Académies, 1990 ), pp. 16-20.