E517 -- De problemate quodam mechanico, satis obvio, at solutu difficillimo
(On a certain problem in mechanics, obvious enough, but with a most difficult solution)
Summary:
According to Eneström, "The problem is: 'Si corpus quodcunque BCD, plano horizontali politissimo incumbens de puncto B, ope fili BA in
puncto A fixum retineatur, eique motus quicunque imprimatur, investigare motum, quo istud corpus deinceps est
progressorum.'”
According to the records, it was presented to the St. Petersburg Academy on August 14, 1780.
Publication:
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Originally published in Acta Academiae Scientarum Imperialis Petropolitinae 1778, 1781, pp. 150-161
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Opera Omnia: Series 2, Volume 7, pp. 73 - 83
Documents Available:
- Original Publication: E517
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