Kinematics, The laws of motion, Work and energy, Motions of an extended body, Machines, Problems in statics, Gravitation, Elasticity, Hydrostatics, Capillarity, Units and their dimensions,
Excerpt from Elementary Mechanics of Solids and FluidsSome propositions on the geometry of the ellipse are given in Chapter VI, in order to render the discussion of the law of gravitation more complete.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to dig...
Excerpt from Elementary Mechanics of Solids and Fluids
I hope that this book may prove useful to students, who without possessing much knowledge of Mathematics desire to read Mechanics as an introduction to Physics. Those who are acquainted with the elements of Algebra and Geometry will, I think, meet with no serious mathematical difficulty, they may, however, find it convenient to read first the geometrical theorems at the end of Chapter I.
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