Author: James Gordon MacGregor

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Published: 2015-08-05

Total Pages: 538

ISBN-13: 9781332313983

Excerpt from An Elementary Treatise on Kinematics and Dynamics This book treats in an elementary manner the whole of what is ordinarily known as Abstract Dynamics, including Kinematics, Kinetics, and Statics, and is designed for use in the higher classes of Schools and the junior classes of Colleges and Universities. It assumes, therefore, a knowledge of only the more elementary branches of Mathematical Science - Geometry, Algebra, and Plane Trigonometry. The kinematical portions of the subject are treated by themselves, not only because this course is the more logical, but also because it has been found in my experience to be the better from an educational point of view. The usual division of Dynamics into Kinetics and Statics has not been adopted; but statical problems are throughout regarded as boundary cases of kinetic problems, the equations of equilibrium being in all cases deduced from the equations of motion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.