E534 -- Dilucidationes super aliquot casus aequilibrii difficiliores

(Elucidations about several rather difficult cases of equilibrium)


Summary:

According to Eneström, "The main problem is: 'Si quatuor virgae rigidae ita invicem jungantur, ut circa angulos libere gyrari queant, tum vero ipsis inter angulos elastra applicentur, quae datis viribus sese contrahendi sint praedita, invenire speciem, quam quadrilaterum ab actione harum virium accipiet, ut in aequilibrio consistat.'"

According to the records, it was presented to the St. Petersburg Academy on January 19, 1775.

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