395KbUse this Persistent URL to link to this item: <a href="http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:CAUsiamjam70AbstractThe">http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:CAUsiamjam70AbstractThe</a> whirling of a string is a problem of some antiquity, the linearized solutions to a number of such problems having been derived by D. Bernoulli (1700-1782) and L. Euler (1707-1783).