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- In his 1873 A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism James Clerk Maxwell suggests that the monochromatic light emitted by an atom be used to define both the meter and the second. These two quantities could then be used to define the unit of mass, as it has the dimensions of (L^3)(T^-2). But this conclusion was deduced under the assumption that Newton's equation for gravity was correct. What would be the result under general relativity?
James Clerk Maxwell deduced that the unit of mass has the dimensions of (L^3)(T^-2). But he assumed Newton's Law. What would it be under general relativity?