The first documented treatment of the problem is in chapter III, section III of Ernst Mach's textbook The Science of Mechanics, first published in 1883. There, Mach reported that the device showed "no distinct rotation."
The initial documentation of this issue was presented in chapter III, section III of Ernst Mach's book "The Science of Mechanics," which was first published in 1883. In this work, Mach described the device as lacking a clear rotational motion.