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2 unusual facts about Giordano Riccati


Giordano Riccati

Giordano Riccati was the son of the theoretical mechanician Jacopo Riccati.

Young's modulus

However, the concept was developed in 1727 by Leonhard Euler, and the first experiments that used the concept of Young's modulus in its current form were performed by the Italian scientist Giordano Riccati in 1782, pre-dating Young's work by 25 years.



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