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Verifying the gravitational shift due to the Earth’s rotation

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Briatore, L., Leschiutta, S. Verifying the gravitational shift due to the Earth’s rotation. Lett. Nuovo Cimento 15, 203–207 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02727483

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