E21 -- Quamodo data quacunque curva inveniri oporteat aliam quae cum data quodammodo iuncta ad tautochronismum producendum sit idonea
(For some given curve, it is required to find another curve joined in a certain way with that given, which is suitable for producing a tautochrone curve)
Summary:
According to the records, it was presented to the St. Petersburg Academy on March 7, 1732.
Publication:
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Originally published in Commentarii academiae scientiarum Petropolitanae 5, 1738, pp. 143-159
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Opera Omnia: Series 2, Volume 6, pp. 51 - 64
- Reprinted in Comment. acad. sc. Petrop. 5, ed. nova, Bononiae 1744, pp. 119-132 + 2 diagrams
[E21a]
Documents Available:
- Original publication: E021 (in the Commentarii)
- Ian Bruce has translated E21 into English.
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