English Title

Elucidations about several rather difficult cases of equilibrium

Authors

Leonhard Euler

Enestrom Number

534

Fuss Index

452

Original Language

Latin

Content Summary

The main problem is: If four rigid rods are joined in succession, so that they can be turned freely about their angles, and also to these are attached elastics inside the angles, which are endowed with given contracting forces, to find the type of quadrilaterals which will result by the action of these forces, so that it remains in equilibrium.

Published as

Journal article

Published Date

1783

Written Date

1775

Original Source Citation

Acta Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae, Volume 1779: II, pp. 106-115.

Opera Omnia Citation

Series 2, Volume 7, pp.101-108.

Record Created

2018-09-25

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