On the treatment of discontinuities in beam deflection problems
In a note on the treatment of discontinuities in beam deflection problems Mr. E. Kosko1 attributes to R. Macaulay the method whereby the number of constants of integration can be always reduced to two, independently of the number of forces. This method was, however, originated by A. Clebsch, and is discussed in his book "Theorie der Elasticitat Fester Korper," 1862, page 389. In Russia it was called the Clebsch method and was widely used in textbooks on strength of materials. It was also used in German books. See, for example, A. Foppl, Festigkeitslehre, 5th ed. 1914, page 124.