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P. Liu
Fig. 1.1 Archimedes (287–212 B.C., Ancient Greek scholar)
Fig. 1.2 Galileo Galilei (1564–1642, Italian scientist)
E. Torricelli (1608–1647), and found that atmospheric pressure varies with
altitude change (1643). These laid the foundation for the establishment of
classical fluid mechanics theory.
But until the advent of calculus in the late seventeenth century, these qualitative human perceptions were fragmentary and unsystematic. It should be
P. Liu
Fig. 1.1 Archimedes (287–212 B.C., Ancient Greek scholar)
Fig. 1.2 Galileo Galilei (1564–1642, Italian scientist)
E. Torricelli (1608–1647), and found that atmospheric pressure varies with
altitude change (1643). These laid the foundation for the establishment of
classical fluid mechanics theory.
But until the advent of calculus in the late seventeenth century, these qualitative human perceptions were fragmentary and unsystematic. It should be