Quote: every description of an event or position of an object depends on coincidences with a rigid body of reference or, equivalently, a Cartesian system of co-ordinates

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Every description of the scene of an event … on a rigid body (body of reference) with … [p. 9] We thus obtain the following result: Every … have to be referred. The resulting relationship takes … by means of the convention of two marks … [such as a meter stick]. [The body of reference may be replaced with a Cartesian system of co-ordinates.]   Google-1   Google-2

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