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Tartaglia’s Science of Weights and Mechanics in the Sixteenth CenturyAncient and Modern Statics in the Renaissance

Tartaglia’s Science of Weights and Mechanics in the Sixteenth Century: Ancient and Modern Statics... [Statics is the science of equilibrium. The term appears in the Latin version (translated by Snel) of Simon Stevin (1548–1620) most famous textbook, Tomus quartus mathematicorum hypomnematum de statica (Stevin 1605, p 5) This work can be considered the hinge between ancient and modern statics. Ancient statics was the science of equilibrium of weights; modern statics is the science of equilibrium of forces. In ancient Greece statics was part of mechanics, the science of transportation of bodies by means of machines. In the Middle Ages and first Renaissance, statics was known as scientia de ponderibus (science of weights); its main object was the study of principles of equilibrium for heavy bodies suspended from a balance. Presently, statics is part of mechanics, which is the general science studying equilibrium and motion of bodies and their assembly, of any kind.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Tartaglia’s Science of Weights and Mechanics in the Sixteenth CenturyAncient and Modern Statics in the Renaissance

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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Copyright
© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2016
ISBN
978-94-017-9709-2
Pages
113 –188
DOI
10.1007/978-94-017-9710-8_2
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[Statics is the science of equilibrium. The term appears in the Latin version (translated by Snel) of Simon Stevin (1548–1620) most famous textbook, Tomus quartus mathematicorum hypomnematum de statica (Stevin 1605, p 5) This work can be considered the hinge between ancient and modern statics. Ancient statics was the science of equilibrium of weights; modern statics is the science of equilibrium of forces. In ancient Greece statics was part of mechanics, the science of transportation of bodies by means of machines. In the Middle Ages and first Renaissance, statics was known as scientia de ponderibus (science of weights); its main object was the study of principles of equilibrium for heavy bodies suspended from a balance. Presently, statics is part of mechanics, which is the general science studying equilibrium and motion of bodies and their assembly, of any kind.]

Published: Jan 12, 2015

Keywords: English Translation; Incline Plane; Heavy Body; Simple Machine; Latin Translation

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