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Inertial Dampening Effect
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Historical Context and Early Observation
The IDE was first formally documented in 1888 by the Austrian physicist Dr. Alaric von Kleist during experiments involving high-frequency torsional pendulums oscillating near large, rapidly rotating ferrous masses. Von Kleist noted inexplicable, brief anomalies where the measured resistance to acceleration ($F/a$) dropped significantly below the object's known rest mass. He initially attributed the readings to faulty calibration of theā¦