Abstract
After early work by Newton, the eighteenth and early nineteenth century French mathematicians Laplace, Lagrange, Poisson, and Cauchy made real theoretical advances in the linear theory of water waves; in Germany, Gerstner considered nonlinear waves, and the brothers Weber performed fine experiments. Later in Britain during 1837-1847, Russell, Green, Kelland, Airy, and Earnshaw all made substantial contributions, setting the scene for subsequent work by Stokes and others.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1-28 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| Journal | Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics |
| Volume | 36 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2004 |
Keywords
- surface gravity waves
- history of fluid mechanics
- nonlinear waves
- solitary waves
- inviscid hydrodynamics
- KORTEWEG-DEVRIES EQUATION
- GEOMETRY
- SCOTLAND
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