EULER, LEONHARD Scientia Navalis seu Tractatus de Construendis Ac Dirigendis Navibus Pars Prrio Complectens Theoriam Universam de Situ Ac Motu Corporum Aquae Innatantivum.Mdccxlix. [Second Title] Pars Posterior In Qua Rationes Ac Praecepta Navium Consteruendarum et Gubernandarum Fusius Exponuntur. St. Petersburg: Academiae Scientarum, 1749
1st edition. 4to. 2 volumes. Full mottled leather, raised bands, decorative panels. Collation: [1] 444, 44 [1]p. ; [1] 534 p. + 65 folding engraved plates of figures (37 volume 1 ; 28 volume 2). Clean and bright copy.
"With this work Euler made a major contribution to the study of fluid mechanics. In the first volume he presents a general theory of equilibrium of floating bodies with anoriginal theory of stability and small oscillations in the neighborhood of the equilibirum position. The second volume applies the general theory to ship design, and deals with ships in general, stability and equilibrium,the motion of ships, and the wind; as well, it treats of such parts as masts, sails, oars, and rudder. "(Roberts & Trent, p. 105). This is Euler's first large work on fluid mechanics which was followed by a detailed elaboration of an analytical theory of fluid mechanics. (DSB)
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