Excerpt from School Physics: A New Text-Book for High Schools and AcademiesIN this book will be found an unusual number of prob lems. It is not intended that each member of each class shall work all of the problems. It is hoped that they are sufficiently numerous and varied to enable you to select What you need for your particular class. No author can make a comfortable Procrustean bedstead.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 digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.