What is Daniel Bernoulli's Hydrodynamica?

Published in 1738 by Swiss mathematician Daniel Bernoulli, Hydrodynamica is a foundational book that christened the field of fluid mechanics. It introduced Bernoulli's principle, which relates pressure, speed, and height in fluids and presents the first form of energy conservation in fluid dynamics. Although Daniel Bernoulli deduced these core concepts, the familiar equation form was later derived by Leonhard Euler in 1752.

What we know

• Hydrodynamica was published by Daniel Bernoulli in 1738. [3, 4]
• The title of the book Hydrodynamica christened the field of fluid mechanics as hydrodynamics. [4]
• The book introduced Bernoulli's principle, stating the first form of conservation of energy in fluid dynamics. [4]
• Leonhard Euler derived Bernoulli's equation in its usual form in 1752. [3]

Where to go next

• a case in pointHow does Bernoulli's principle relate to airplane wings?
• whoWho was Leonhard Euler?
• the bigger pictureWhat is fluid mechanics?
• how it workedHow does conservation of energy apply to fluid flow?
• compared withWhat did the Bernoulli family contribute to mathematics?
• an unexpected connectionHow did Johann Bernoulli influence Leonhard Euler?Johann Bernoulli, belonging to the same prominent mathematical family as Daniel Bernoulli, personally educated the young Leonhard Euler, who later derived the standard form of Daniel's equation.

Sources

• [1]Daniel Bernoulli (Wikidata Q122366) · CC0 1.0
• [2]Daniel Bernoulli · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [3]Bernoulli's principle · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [4]Hydrodynamica · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [5]Johann Bernoulli · CC BY-SA 4.0