EULER, LEONHARD - THE PRINCIPLE OF LEAST ACTION

Harmonie entre les Principes generaux de repos et de Mouvement de M. de Maupertuis.

(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1753). 4to. No wrappers, as extracted from "Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres", tome VII, pp. (167-)198.and 2 folded engraved plates.

First printing of this memoir in which Euler tries to show that the "harmony" between Maupertuis' Law of rest, which he formulated for any system of bodies attracted by forces, is a generalization of his own Principle of least Action.

Order-nr.: 41693