In the UK and in US mechanical engineering, torque is referred to as moment of force, usually shortened to moment.Kane, T.R. Kane and D.A. Levinson (1985). Dynamics, Theory and Applications pp. 90–99: Free download . This terminology can be traced back to at least 1811 in Siméon Denis Poisson's . An English translation of Poisson's work appears in 1842.
In the UK and in US mechanical engineering, torque is referred to as moment of force, usually shortened to moment.Kane, T.R. Kane and DA. Levinson (1985). Dynamics, Theory and Applications pp 90–99: Free download . This terminology can be traced back to at least 1811 in Siméon Denis Poisson's . An English translation of Poisson's work appears in 1842.