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 first documented treatment of the problem is found in chapter III, section III of Ernst Mach's textbook The Science of Mechanics, published in 1883. There, Mach reported that the device exhibited "no distinct rotation."