The origin of the ballistic pendulum: The claims of Jacques Cassini (1677-1756) and Benjamin Robins (1707-1751)

DOI10.1016/0020-7403(90)90099-5zbMATH Open0723.01003OpenAlexW2041431952MaRDI QIDQ757328FDOQ757328

Authors: D. Kharzeev 

Publication date: 1990

Published in: International Journal of Mechanical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-7403(90)90099-5

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zbMATH Keywords

engineering devices. conservation of momentum

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mechanics of deformable solids (74-03)

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