‘Sur les équations du mouvement relatif des systèmes de corps,’ pp. 142-154 in: Journal de l'École Royale Polytechnique, Cahier XXIV, Tome XV

by Gaspard Gustave Coriolis

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First edition

Paris: Bachelier, 1835. First edition, complete journal issue ‘cahier’ in original printed wrappers, of the first formulation of the ‘Coriolis force’. “On a rotating earth the Coriolis force acts to change the direction of a moving body to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere. This deflection is not only instrumental in the large-scale atmospheric circulation,

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