3 papers
physics.hist-ph2025
An Annotated Translation of D. Bernoulli's "A New Theory on the Motion of Waters Through Channels of Any Kind"
Sylvio R. Bistafa
This paper presents an annotated English translation of Daniel Bernoulli's 1727 work A New Theory on the Motion of Waters through Channels of Any Kind, originally published in the…
physics.hist-ph2024
Evaluating Jacob Bernoulli's Ship Propulsion Artifice: Euler's Analysis and Critique
Sylvio R. Bistafa
The present work examines and compares the approaches of Jacob Bernoulli and Leonhard Euler to the problem of ship propulsion generated by internal forces. Jacob Bernoulli's analys…
physics.hist-ph2024
A translation of L. Euler's " Examination of an artifice for propelling a ship by the principle of internal motion"
Sylvio R. Bistafa
The following translation of Leonhard Euler's "Examination of an Artifice for Propelling a Ship by the Principle of Internal Motion," originally published in 1750, offers a glimpse…