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Most engineers and scientists in continuum mechanics ignore that research in their field was kindled in the nineteenth century by the search for a model of elastic medium able to transmit light, the so-called “aether”.
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Maugin, G.A. (2017). K–L: From “Kelvin Continuum” to “Long-Range Interactions”. In: Non-Classical Continuum Mechanics. Advanced Structured Materials, vol 51. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2434-4_10
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