In 1782 Jacob(II) Bernoulli's uncle Daniel Bernoulli died and his chair of physics in Basel became vacant. Jacob(II) applied for the chair and presented a work on mathematical physics to support his application.
Sa 1782 Jacob (II) Bernoulli's tiyuhin Daniel Bernoulli namatay at sa kanyang upuan ng physics sa Basel ay naging laman. Jacob (II)-apply para sa silya at ipinapahayag ng trabaho sa matematika physics na sumusuporta sa kanyang application.