"The symbols and terms used in the manuscript are occasionally those of the original memoirs, occasionally those of Lamé or of Saint-Venant... the memoirs being of historical rather than scientific interest, and their language often the most characteristic part of their historical value."
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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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