On the figure that the wind can induce on a stagnant fluid

TL;DR

This paper presents an annotated translation of Euler's 1777 work, modeling how wind influences the shape of a still liquid surface, highlighting historical mathematical insights into fluid dynamics.

Contribution

It provides a historical translation and analysis of Euler's early mathematical modeling of wind-induced fluid surface shapes.

Findings

Euler's model describes wind's effect on fluid surfaces.

Historical insight into early fluid dynamics modeling.

Translation preserves original mathematical reasoning.

Abstract

This is an annotated translation of Euler's 1777 manuscript "De Figura Quam Ventus Fluido Stagnanti Inducere Valet", where Euler models the shape which the wind gives to a still liquid surface.