The Elements of Mechanics, Comprehending Statics and Dynamics: With a Copious Collection of Mechanical Problems; Intended for the Use of Mathematical ... With Numerous Plates (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Young, J. R.

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ISBN 10: 1330427203 ISBN 13: 9781330427200

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from The Elements of Mechanics, Comprehending Statics and Dynamics: With a Copious Collection of Mechanical Problems; Intended for the Use of Mathematical Students in Schools and Universities; With Numerous Plates

A body subjected to the action of a force or moving influ ence, ought, necessarily, to move in the direction of that force; towards it, if the force draw or attract it, and from it, if the force push or repel it. Hence, it is the tendency of a body influenced by a single force applied to it at rest to move in a straight direction. But if to the same point two equal and directly opposite forces are applied, the tendency\ to motion in one direction being equal to the tendency in the opposite direction, the point will necessarily remain at rest, and will be as much prepared to obey the influence of any third force as it was before the two counterbalancing forces, of which we have just spoken, were applied.

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Excerpt from The Elements of Mechanics, Comprehending Statics and Dynamics: With a Copious Collection of Mechanical Problems; Intended for the Use of Mathematical Students in Schools and Universities; With Numerous Plates

The following Treatise is an attempt to exhibit, in small compass, the principles of Mechanical Science in its present improved state, and to supply the English student with a clear and comprehensive manual of instruction on this important branch of Natural Philosophy.

Our language already possesses some very valuable works in this department of science, as for instance, the treatises of Professors Gregory and Whewell; works which, for the abundance of real information that they convey, are not, perhaps, to be equalled by any similar performances of our continental neighbours.

The bulk and consequent high price, however, of these works must necessarily place them beyond the reach of many students desirous to be informed on the subjects of which they treat; and there can, I think, be no doubt that at a time like the present, when a taste for analytical science is so widely extending itself, a treatise, of moderate price, on Analytical Mechanics, if well executed, would prove acceptable both to teachers and to students.

Under these impressions I have been led to undertake this elementary Treatise, with the hope that by economizing the paper, and adopting a small clear type. I might be able to compress into one small volume a course of instruction on elementary mechanics, of extent amply sufficient for all the purposes of academical education. My desire, however, having been to teach the elements of the science, not to write a book, I have spared no pains to render the whole clear and intelligible; to develope the several theories with as much simplicity as I could; to explain fully the meaning and extent of the various analytical expressions in which these theories are embodied; and finally, to illustrate each by a sufficient number of useful and interesting practical examples.

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This 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.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1330427203
• ISBN 13: 9781330427200
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 296
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