The varieties of mechanics by 1800

DOI10.1016/0315-0860(90)90025-9zbMath0716.01012OpenAlexW2045014847MaRDI QIDQ752669

Ivor Grattan-Guinness

Publication date: 1990

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0315-0860(90)90025-9

zbMATH Keywords

variational mechanicsenergy mechanics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mechanics of particles and systems (70-03)

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