Editing Statics (section)

==History==
[[Archimedes]] (c. 287–c. 212 BC) did pioneering work in statics.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lindberg|first=David C.|title=The Beginnings of Western Science|url=https://archive.org/details/beginningsofwest00lind|url-access=registration|year=1992|publisher=The University of Chicago Press|location=Chicago|page=[https://archive.org/details/beginningsofwest00lind/page/108 108-110]|isbn=9780226482316}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Grant|first=Edward|title=A History of Natural Philosophy|url=https://archive.org/details/historynaturalph00gran|url-access=limited|year=2007|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=New York|page=[https://archive.org/details/historynaturalph00gran/page/n324 309]-10}}</ref>
Later developments in the field of statics are found in works of [[Thābit ibn Qurra|Thebit]].<ref name="holme">{{cite book|last=Holme|first=Audun|title=Geometry : our cultural heritage|url=https://archive.org/details/geometryourcultu00ahol|url-access=limited|date=2010|publisher=Springer|location=Heidelberg|isbn=978-3-642-14440-0|edition=2nd|page=[https://archive.org/details/geometryourcultu00ahol/page/n206 188]}}</ref>