Author: Horace Lamb

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-06

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780267977895

Excerpt from Statics, Including Hydrostatics and the Elements of the Theory of Elasticity It seemed natural and convenient to treat of Hydrostatics, to a similar degree of development, and I have also, for reasons stated at the beginning of Chap. XV, included the rudiments of the theory of Elasticity. A companion volume on Dynamics is in contemplation. Some investigations in the Chapter on mass-systems and elsewhere have been inserted with a view to this. 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.