Authors

Leonhard Euler

Enestrom Number

851

Original Language

Latin

Content Summary

This is a review of d'Alembert's essay Reflèxions sur la cause générale des vents on winds. Euler praises d'Alembert's essay especially for its mathematical analysis, in which there is an extensive application of partial differential equations. (Based on Eric J. Aiton's introduction to Opera Omnia Series 2, Volume 31.)

Published as

Collection article

Published Date

1862

Written Date

1746

Original Source Citation

Opera Postuma, Volume 2, pp. 793-797.

Opera Omnia Citation

Series 2, Volume 31, pp.365-372.

Record Created

2018-09-25

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Mathematics Commons

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