Editing Work (physics) (section)

===Etymology and modern usage===
The term ''work'' (or ''mechanical work''), and the use of the [[Work_(physics)#Work–energy_principle|work-energy principle]] in mechanics, was introduced in the late 1820s independently by French mathematician [[Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis]] and French Professor of Applied Mechanics [[Jean-Victor Poncelet]].<ref>{{cite book| last=Coriolis| first=Gustave| date=1829|title=Calculation of the Effect of Machines, or Considerations on the Use of Engines and their Evaluation | publisher=Carilian-Goeury, Libraire (Paris)|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1068268/f2}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Poncelet|first=Jean-Victor|title=Introduction a la mécanique industrielle, physique ou expérimentale|date=1839|url={{Google books|Cx1mAAAAcAAJ|page=PR10||plainurl=yes}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Grattan-Guinness |first1=Ivor |date=1984|title=Work for the workers: Advances in engineering mechanics and instruction in France, 1800–1830 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00033798400200101 |journal=Annals of Science |volume=41 |issue=1 |pages=1–33 |doi=10.1080/00033798400200101 |access-date=2024-12-21}}</ref> Both scientists were pursuing a view of mechanics suitable for studying the dynamics and power of machines, for example [[steam engine]]s lifting buckets of water out of flooded ore mines. According to Rene Dugas, French engineer and historian, it is to [[Salomon de Caus|Solomon of Caux]] "that we owe the term ''work'' in the sense that it is used in mechanics now".<ref>{{cite book |last=Dugas |first=R. |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofmachani000518mbp |title=A History of Mechanics |publisher=Éditions du Griffon |year=1955 |location=Switzerland |pages=128}}</ref> The concept of [[virtual work]], and the use of [[Calculus_of_variations|variational methods]] in mechanics, preceded the introduction of "mechanical work" but was originally called "virtual moment". It was re-named once the terminology of Poncelet and Coriolis was adopted.<ref>{{cite book| last=Poncelet| first=Jean Victor| date=1826|title=Cours de mécanique appliquée aux machines |url={{Google books|a_4JAAAAIAAJ|page=RA3-PA10|plainurl=yes}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| last=Coriolis| first=Gustave| date=1829|title=Calculation of the Effect of Machines, or Considerations on the Use of Engines and their Evaluation | publisher=Carilian-Goeury, Libraire (Paris)|url={{Google books|Y2USAAAAIAAJ|page=PR9-IA10|plainurl=yes}}}}</ref>