BIB_ID
299959
Accession number
MA 3872.51
Creator
Euler, Leonhard, 1707-1783.
Display Date
1758 Feb. 14.
Credit line
Gift of H.P. Kraus, 1979.
Description
1 item (3 p.) : ill. ; 21.5 cm
Notes
Bottom of the letter is damaged.
Part of a large collection of letters from Euler to Maupertuis. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 3871 and MA 3872 for details.
With a diagram on p. 2.
Part of a large collection of letters from Euler to Maupertuis. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 3871 and MA 3872 for details.
With a diagram on p. 2.
Summary
Solving a problem involving two moving bodies and their movements after collision; discussing the "principle of least action"; mentioning events in the Seven Years War; referring to Samuel Koenig; commenting on the financial difficulties of the Academy.
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