Four. Theories of Friction in the Eighteenth Century

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents xi
4. Illustrations xv
5. Tables xvii
6. One. Student and Engineer 1
7. Two. Physicist and Public Servant 42
8. Three. Coulomb and Eighteenth-Century Civil Engineering 80
9. Four. Theories of Friction in the Eighteenth Century 118
10. Five. Torsion Studies 139
11. Six. Coulomb’s Work in Electricity and Magnetism 175
12. Epilogue 222
13. Appendices 231
14. Notes 263
15. Bibliography 297
16. Index 317