POISSON, (SIMÉON-DENIS). - THE FIRST OF ITS KIND, MOVING REFERENCE FRAMES AND ACCELERATION.

Extrait de la premiere partie d'un Mémoire sur la Mouvement des projectiles dans l'air, en ayent égard à leur rotation et à l'influence du mouvement diurne de la Terre.

(Paris, Bachelier), 1837. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 5, No. 20. Pp. (659-) 710. (Entire issue offerd). Poisson's paper: pp. 660-667.

First appearance of Poisson's importent work - the first of its kind - on the dynamics of a motion taking into account also of the motion of the reference system. The work in its full "Sur les mouvement des projectiles dans l'air, en ayent éghard à leur figure, & la rotation et à l'influence du mouvemnet diurne de la terre" was published two years later in 1839.

"Recherches sur le mouvement des projectiles dans l’air (1839), was far better known in its day. It is the first work to deal with the subject by taking into account the rotation of the earth and the complementary acceleration resulting from the motion of the system of reference. A decade after its publication it inspired Foucault’s famous experiment demonstrating the earth’s rotation. Poisson, who had supervised Coriolis’ doctoral research, recognized the importance of his invention of a term to correct for the deviations from the law of motion that arise in a rotating reference system. Unfortunately, Poisson did not consider himself obliged to cite the name of the actual inventor of the term." (DSB).

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