File:Duhem Statique ch 2 fig 4.jpg

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English: Illustrates Leonardo da Vinci's narration of the nature of the true term or spirited arm of a lever. With point m held as center, line mn, the true term is found by drawing a line from m to cut at a right angle the line (fh) of the power that moves the arm mh and calling the point of intersection n.
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Source Les Origines de Statique
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Pierre Duhem  (1861–1916)  wikidata:Q314172 s:en:Author:Pierre Duhem q:en:Pierre Duhem
 
Pierre Duhem
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pseudonym: Ch. Clérice; Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem; Pierre Maurice Duhem
Description French philosopher, physicist, university teacher, chemist, mathematician and philosopher of science
Date of birth/death 10 June 1861 Edit this at Wikidata 14 September 1916 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death 2nd arrondissement of Paris Edit this at Wikidata Cabrespine Edit this at Wikidata
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