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Figure 7: Transverse motion of an initially straight beam, shown at left as an elastic line and at right as a solid of finite section (see text).

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Figure 7: Transverse motion of an initially straight beam, shown at left as an elastic line and at right as a solid of finite section (see text).

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Hooke’s law elastic limit plasticity ductility proportional limit viscoelasticity toughness elastic rebound extension ratio rigidity radiation radioactivity cluster isomerism entropy polarity heat symmetry pH electric charge

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Augustin-Louis Cauchy

French mathematician

Sophie Germain

French mathematician

Ctesibius of Alexandria

Ctesibius Of Alexandria

Greek physicist and inventor

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Italian-born physicist Dr. Enrico Fermi draws a diagram at a blackboard with mathematical equations. circa 1950.

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