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The concept of mass probably has its earliest origins as being "the quantity which a balance measures". (quote needed). Newton defines mass as "the quantity of matter" in his Principia. However, this defintion was soon regarded as inadequate "Concepts of Mass in Classical and Modern Physics. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |lastname= ignored (help). Even today, some authors, such as Eugene Hecht, argue that

The problem is not that there is a lack of defnition of the term - rather, there are too many defintions, each slightly different.