3 papers
physics.hist-ph2019
Experiments made before the instituted society in confirmation of the theory of the pressures which the walls of the channel sustain due to the flowing water
Sylvio R. Bistafa
This is an annotated translation from Latin of "Experimenta coram societate instituta in confirmationem theoriae pressionum quas latera canalis ab aqua tranfluente sustinet" in whi…
physics.hist-ph2017
Attempt at a theory of the friction of fluids
Sylvio R. Bistafa
This is a translation from Latin to Portuguese of Euler's 'Attempt at a theory of the friction of fluids'. According to the records, a treatise by Euler with the title 'Tentamen th…
physics.hist-ph2017
On the figure that the wind can induce on a stagnant fluid
Sylvio R. Bistafa
This is an annotated translation of Euler's 1777 manuscript "De Figura Quam Ventus Fluido Stagnanti Inducere Valet", where Euler models the shape which the wind gives to a still li…