Excerpt from Text-Book of Mechanics: For Colleges and Technical SchoolsThe unit of angle is the Degree, or the ninetieth part of a right angle. The unit of time is the Second The unit of distance is the Foot or Meter, according as we follow the British or the metric system. We shall give both systems, as it can be done without confusion, and both are in use in the application of mechanical principles. Thus the civil engineer uses the British system of the foot and its sub divisions, the physicist the metric system, and the electrical engineer both systems.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.