Definition:Acceleration/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Acceleration
The first person to study the acceleration of a particle moving along a general curve was first studied by Leonhard Paul Euler.
He was also the first to treat acceleration as a vector.
Sources
- 1972: George F. Simmons: Differential Equations ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 3$: Appendix $\text A$: Euler
- 1992: George F. Simmons: Calculus Gems ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text {A}.21$: Euler ($\text {1707}$ – $\text {1783}$)