E717 -- Solutio problematis mechanici
(Solution to a problem of mechanics)
Summary:
According to Eneström, this is about the motion, on an uneven plane, of a circular disk with a string wound around it.
(See also 1820 E756).
According to the records, it was presented to
the St. Petersburg Academy on February 28, 1782.
Publication:
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Originally published in Nova Acta Academiae Scientarum Imperialis Petropolitinae 13, 1802, pp. 64-69
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Opera Omnia: Series 2, Volume 7, pp. 171 - 176
Documents Available:
- Original publication: E717
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