"The first work of genuine mathematical value on our subject is clue to James Bernoulli... Véritable hypothèse de la résistance des Solides, avec la démonstration de la Courbure des Corps qui font ressort... 12th of March 1705... begins by brief notices of what had been already done with respect to the problem by Galilei, Leibniz, and Mariotte; James Bernoulli claims for himself that he first introduced the consideration of the compression of parts of the body, whereas previous writers had paid attention to the extension alone."
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A History of the Theory of Elasticity and of the Strength of Materials
A History of the Theory of Elasticity and of the Strength of Materials: from Galilei to the Present Time is a two volume set edited and completed by Karl Pearson from notes written by . It was published by Cambridge at the University Press posthumously in Todhunter's name. Volume I. Galilei to Saint-Venant 1639-1850 was first published in 1886. Volume II. Saint-Venant to Lord Kelvin was first published in 1893.
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