Talk:Chasles' theorem (gravity)

Peirce
How did Benjamin Peirce wind up writing these attributions to Michel Chasles ? Note that the source Analytical Mechanics includes the description of a Euclidean isometry as a screw displacement, as per Chasles' theorem (kinematics), but no attribution to Chasles appears at that early part of the book. Note also that the 1872 publication went to subscribers whose names appear in the first pages. If the book appeared in parts, some subscribers may have protested the lack of attribution to Chasles for the sufficiency of a screw displacement to express the general Euclidean direct isometry. Such protest may have induced Peirce to include attributions in the book, later as noted in this article.
 * Benjamin Peirce (1872) A System of Analytical Mechanics, III. Combined Motions of Rotation and Translation, especially § 32 and § 39, David van Nostrand & Company, link from Internet Archive

Does this Chasles theorem (Gravitation) have any other sources to confirm such attribution ? Rgdboer (talk) 02:55, 29 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Was this not discovered by Isaac Newton? See the Wikipedia entry "Shell Theorem". These two results seem identical.82.31.169.171 (talk) 07:00, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Indeed. The argument is thoroughly developed at Newton's shell theorem. Consider a WP:Merge. — Rgdboer (talk) 03:18, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

Is Peirce the only author to call this Chasles (gravitational) theorum
Is Peirce the only author to call this Chasles' (gravitational) theorum ? It seems identical to Newton's shell theorem. Why wouldn't Peirce attribute to Newton ? Is this attribution and article notable ? Do others refer to the theorum ? Did Chasles himself publish the theorum ? - Rod57 (talk) 05:22, 9 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Yes, those are the questions. I fear they will remain unresolved, for decades, until some archeological spelunking is performed on the various source texts. Can't possibly be harder than resolving the origins of the name Tiffany (given name), right? 😃 67.198.37.16 (talk) 16:13, 4 June 2024 (UTC)