English Title

On the reduction of curved lines to the arcs of circles

Authors

Leonhard Euler

Enestrom Number

166

Fuss Index

414

Original Language

Latin

Content Summary

Euler looks at the approximate rectification of pieces of curves if the lengths of the normals at the endpoints as well as the angles between these normals are given.

Published as

Journal article

Published Date

1751

Written Date

1747

Original Source Citation

Novi Commentarii academiae scientiarum Petropolitanae, Volume 2, pp. 3-38.

Opera Omnia Citation

Series 1, Volume 27, pp.200-235.

Record Created

2018-09-25

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