Note sullo sviluppo di un pensiero scientifico originale nelle ferrovie La marcia in rettifilo e in curva.

This paper aims about the historical and technical evolution of scientific thought in railway vehicle behaviour, while running on straight track and cornering. The point of view of many railway scientists and mechanical approaches are presented and joined to the operational reality, referring from the beginning of railway use, through the idealization in modelling, to be able study the problem of wheel-rail interface. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]