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IV.—On the Equilibrium of Elastic Solids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2013

James Clerk Maxwell Esq.
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There are few parts of mechanics in which theory has differed more from experiment than in the theory of elastic solids.

Mathematicians, setting out from very plausible assumptions with respect to the constitution of bodies, and the laws of molecular action, came to conclusions which were shewn to be erroneous by the observations of experimental philosophers. The experiments of Œersted proved to be at variance with the mathematical theories of Navier, Poisson, and Lamé and Clapeyron, and apparently deprived this practically important branch of mechanics of all assistance from mathematics.

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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , 1853 , pp. 87 - 120
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1853

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References

page 88 note * The laws of pressure and compression may be found in the Memoir of Lamé and Clapeyron. See note A.

page 88 note * See note B.

page 90 note * See note C.

page 94 note * See the Memoir of Lamé and Clapeyron, and note A.

page 97 note * By Dr Wright, I believe.