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Magnetismus . Technologie 1

bearbeitet und kommentiert von Patricia Radelet-de Grave ; mit einem Anhang über Elektrizität von David Speiser . bearbeitet und kommentiert von André Englebert

(Die gesammelten Werke der Mathematiker und Physiker der Familie Bernoulli / herausgegeben von der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel, . { Die Werke / von Daniel Bernoulli ; im Auftrag der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel und der Otto Spiess-Stiftung ; ediert von David Speiser } ; Bd. 7)

Birkhäuser, 1994

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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The first part of this volume centres on Daniel Bernoulli's two prize-winning essays sent to the Paris "Academie des Sciences" in the 1740s. The first of these papers deals with the improvement of inclination compasses, giving a detailed analysis of the reasons for the great deviations observed in conventional instruments and suggesting alternative constructions; the second, written in collaboration with Daniel's brother Johann II Bernoulli, expounds a theory of magnetism based on Cartesian vortices of subtle matter. The second part is dedicated to Bernoulli's work on the technology of time measuring, especially in connection to the determination of longtitude at sea. This section also contains two prize essays submitted to the Paris academy.

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  • NCID
    BA2416439X
  • ISBN
    • 3764328088
    • 0817628088
  • Country Code
    sz
  • Title Language Code
    ger
  • Text Language Code
    freger
  • Place of Publication
    Basel ; Boston
  • Pages/Volumes
    xx, 337 p.
  • Size
    27 cm
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