| In astronomy Thabit was one of the first reformers of the Ptolemaic system, and in mechanics he was a founder of statics. |
| He also studied applications of mechanics and statics to geometric systems. |
| At the time of his death he was working on problems in kinematics, having earlier studied statics and in particular the catenary. |
| Angeli examined fluid statics based on Archimedes' principle and Torricelli's experiments. |
| A linear statics analysis, for example, will require an elastic modulus, Poisson's ratio and perhaps a density for each material. |
| Yet, one would also have to judge that it was simply too difficult to develop both statics and dynamics, given the then-available tools. |
