Weber, Eduard

Ernst Heinrich, Wilhelm Eduard, and Eduard Friedrich Wilhelm Weber were German scientists who made pioneering observations of the energetics and physics of human locomotion. Their treatise, Die Mechanik Der Menschlichen Gerverzeuge (1836), which still stands as the classical work accomplished by purely observational methods, firmly established the mechanism of muscular action on a scientific basis. The Weber Brothers were the first to investigate the reduction in the length of an individual muscle during contraction and devoted much study to the role of bones as mechanical levers. They were also the first to describe in chronological detail the movements of the center of gravity and computed the first body segment parameters.

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  • Cleveland, Cutler (Lead Author); Peter Saundry (Topic Editor). 2007. "Weber, Ernst & Wilhelm & Eduard." In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [Published in the Encyclopedia of Earth January 4, 2007; Retrieved October 26, 2009]. <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Weber,_Ernst_&_Wilhelm_&_Eduard>

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