Description Boscovich solved the problem first by geometric method, but came to the conclusion the solution could be easily obtained by calculus as well. The article shows the economic motivation for the solution, “the most parsimonious use of wax”.
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Boris Kožnjak;
(2015)
Who Let the Demon Out? Laplace and Boscovich on Determinism
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Maria Giulia Lugaresi;
(2011)
R. G. Boscovich (1711-1787): le prime ricerche sul moto delle acque
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Elisa Patergnani;
Luigi Pepe;
(2021)
Les mathématiciens français et italiens du «siècle long»: 1700-1814
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Rossi, Arcangelo;
(1990)
La filosofia dello spazio di R.G. Bošković
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Škarica, Dario;
(2002)
Boškovićev metafizički dokaz načela neprekinutosti
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Pedersen, Kurt Møller;
(1980)
Roger Joseph Boscovich and John Robison on terrestrial aberration
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Herkov, Zlatko;
(1979)
Rudzer Bošković (Rogerius Josephus Boscovich) und die Masse seiner Gradmessung
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Proverbio, Edoardo;
(1988)
R.G. Boscovich's determination of instrumental errors in observation
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Boscovich, Ruggiero Giuseppe;
(1988)
Izviješće o ruševinama Troje. Relazione delle rovine di Troja
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Marko Uršič;
(2015)
Boscovich’s Distinction between the Potential and the Actual Space from the Standpoint of Modern Search for the Union of Mind and Nature
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Peter Lukan;
(2015)
Roger Boscovich and the Quantum Mechanical Combination of Dynamic and Statistical Laws
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Fuertes, J. Félix;
López, José;
(1997)
El espacio y el tiempo en la Teoría de la filosofía natural de Roger Boscovich
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Guicciardini, Niccolò;
(1996)
Stars and gravitation in 18th century Newtonian astronomy: The hypotheses of Worster, Saunderson, Knight, Boscovich and Herschel
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Stipanić, Ernest;
(1986)
Alcune concezioni geometriche di Rudjer Bošković (Ruggero Boscovich)
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Müller, Karis;
(1993)
Physics and the Deity: The ideas of R. Boscovich and J. Priestley
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Martinović, Ivica;
(1992)
Rana recepcija Boškovićeve filozofije prirode: “Slučaj Benvenuti”. (The early reception of Bošcović's natural philosophy: The Benvenuti case)
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Martinović, Ivica;
(1997)
Amerika: Izazov za geodeta Rudera Boškovića. (America: A challenge for Boscovich the geodesist)
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Boistel, Guy;
(2001)
Documents inédits des pères jésuites R. J. Boscovich et Esprit Pezenas sur les longitudes en mer
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Južnic, Stanislav;
(2008)
Euler and the Jesuïts in Russia
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Proverbio, Edoardo;
(2011)
La produzione di vetro ottico in Francia e le esperienze di Ruggiero Boscovich per la produzione di vetro al piombo – Parte prima
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