{"product_id":"coulombs-memoir-on-statics-jacques-heyman-9781860940576","title":"Coulomb's Memoir on Statics: An Essay in the History of Civil Engineering","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacques Heyman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1860940579\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781860940576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Imperial College Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/23\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.98w x 0.55d","brand":"Jacques Heyman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48448004358399,"sku":"9781860940576","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0abcfd1d-b29f-40b0-958a-28ec175548a9.jpg?v=1777236248","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/coulombs-memoir-on-statics-jacques-heyman-9781860940576","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}