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. The four answers to the prize question of the Brussels’ Academy of 1783 on the development of a theory of beams demonstrates that the modeling and mathematical mastering of the problem remained for a long time limited to a very small circle of men. With savants such as the Viscount de Nieuport (1746-1827), who worked on the calculus of vaults and who formulated this question on beams, the Academy...
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