Definition:Particle/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Particle
The concept of a particle as a mass concentrated at a point was first explicitly introduced by Leonhard Paul Euler in $1736$.
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 ($\text {1707}$ – $\text {1783}$)