Work for the workers: Advances in engineering mechanics and instruction in France, 1800–1830

DOI10.1080/00033798400200101zbMath0534.01008OpenAlexW1992713148WikidataQ58136699 ScholiaQ58136699MaRDI QIDQ3317057

Ivor Grattan-Guinness

Publication date: 1984

Published in: Annals of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00033798400200101

zbMATH Keywords

virtual velocityCoriolisleast actionPonceletvirtual velocitiespopular instructionpractical mechanics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of mechanics of particles and systems (70-03)

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