MÖBIUS, AUGUST FERDINAND.

Über den Mittelpunct nicht paralleler Kräfte.

Berlin, G. Reimer, 1837. 4to. In the original printed wrappers, without back strip. In "Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik", 16. band, Heft 1, 1837. Entire first heft offered. Fine and clean. Pp. 1-10. [Entire volume: 96 pp + 1 folded plate].

First printing of Möbius paper on the center of non-parallel forces. "... he introduced (for the first time, he thought) the use of vectorial addition and subtraction to represent velocities and forces and effectively showed the computational usefulness of that very ancient mathematical device, the epicycle." (DSB).

Order-nr.: 47532