E456 -- De pressione ponderis in planum cui incumbit

(On the pressure of a weight on the plane against which it leans)

Summary:

According to the records, it was presented to the St. Petersburg Academy on March 22, 1773.

Publication:

Originally published in Novi Commentarii academiae scientiarum Petropolitanae 18, 1774, pp. 289-329
Opera Omnia: Series 2, Volume 9, pp. 1 - 34

Documents Available:

Original Document: E456
The Euler Archive attempts to monitor current scholarship for articles and books that may be of interest to Euler Scholars. Selected references we have found that discuss or cite E456 include:
- Vagliente VN, Krawinkler H., “Euler's paper on statically indeterminate analysis.” Journal of Engineering Mechanics-ASCE, 113 (2), pp. 186-195 (Feb 1987).
- Dhombres J, Pensivy M., “Rigor and mathematical presentations in the 18th-century - the example of proof by aepinus.” Historia Mathematica, 15 (1), pp. 9-31 (Feb 1988).

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