CORIOLIS, Gustave Gaspard. Théorie mathématique des effets du jeu de Billard. 1835.
CORIOLIS, Gustave Gaspard.
Théorie mathématique des effets du jeu de Billard.
Paris, Carilian-Goeury, 1835.
8vo (232x145 mm), vii-(1 bl.)-174 pages and 12 plates. binding : Modern full claret chagreen. Original printed upper cover bound in. Plates torn without lack and some restaurations.
Coriolis, devoted his energies to the applications of the laws of mechanics and was responsible for the terms "work" and "kinetic energy." He is best known for "his theorem relating the various components of acceleration in rotating systems, one of which rise to the so-called Coriolis force. (Bibliotheca mecanica).
First edition of the first mathematical analysis of the complex kinetics of billiards.