Coulomb's Memoir on Statics: An Essay in the History of Civil Engineering (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781860940576)

Coulomb read his Essai on 'some statical problems' to the French Academy in 1773. It is a document of great importance in the history of engineering since it laid the foundations of the modern science of soil mechanics and also discussed three other major problems of eighteenth-century civil engineering: the bending of beams, the fracture of columns and the calculation of abutment thrusts developed by masonry arches.Professor Heyman's book makes the Essai accessible to a wide range of engineers and historians of technology. It is here reproduced in full with an annotated English translation, a chapter elucidating Coulomb's references and with full discussion of the technical problems it treats. It concludes with some brief historical notes on Coulomb's life and technical education in eighteenth-century France.

Author: Jacques Heyman
ISBN-10: 1860940579
ISBN-13: 9781860940576
Publisher: Imperial College Press
Language: English
Published: 12/23/1997
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.98w x 0.55d