English Title
On the motion of bodies around two fixed points of attraction
Enestrom Number
301
Fuss Index
538
Original Language
Latin
Archive Notes
According to Jacobi, a treatise with this title was read to the Berlin Academy on April 5, 1759. According to St. Petersburg Academy records, it was presented to that Academy on December 1, 1760.
Alexander Aycock has made a draft translation into English, available online at Euler-Kreis Mainz.
Content Summary
Euler considers the case in which a point moves in a plane, using elliptical integrals.
Published as
Journal article
Published Date
1766
Written Date
1759
Original Source Citation
Novi Commentarii academiae scientiarum Petropolitanae, Volume 10, pp. 207-242.
Opera Omnia Citation
Series 2, Volume 6, pp.209-246.
Record Created
2018-09-25
