A history of the theory of elesticity and of the strength of materials : from Galilei to the present time. Vol. 1, Galilei to Saint-Venant, 1639-1850

• Main Author: Todhunter, I. 1820-1884
• Other Authors: Pearson, Karl, 1857-1936
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1886.
• Subjects: Elasticity > Research > History.; Strength of materials > Research > History.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780727750365
• DOI: 10.1680/t2000mtcboieatnc1996.43282
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 924 p.) : ill.

Chapters include: the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Galilei to Girard, 1638-1798; miscellaneous investigations between the years 1800 and 1822; Poisson; Cauchy; miscellaneous researches of the decade, 1830-1840; and Saint-Venant's researches before 1850.