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Dissertatio de novo quodam curvarum tautochronarum genere
According to Eneström: Intrigued by a clock invented by D. Sully, Euler busied himself with the construction of curves which cause a pendulum to swing isochronally
Problematis traiectoriarum reciprocarum solutio
This article contains Euler\u27s first published use of complex numbers and a many-axis geometric construction. Euler also defines even functions f(x) as those for which f(x) = f(-x), perhaps the first use of this term
Meditationes super problemate nautico, quod illustrissima regia Parisiensis Academia Scientiarum proposuit
Dissertatio physica de sono
Euler first explains his theory of what makes up the atmosphere; the basis of his theory lies in the theory of elasticity of the teacher he had before Johann Bernoulli. He also states without proof a formula for the speed of propagation and derives from it numerical values of the correct order of magnitude for air
The Gradual
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According to the Grove Music Encyclopedia, a Gradual is defined as a Liturgical book of the Western Church containing the chants for the Proper of the Mass and secondarily, in more recent times, those of the Ordinary. Believed to be created in the 1400s in Spain it might have eventually been used in California during the Mission period.https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/wa-rare-books/1005/thumbnail.jp