Lessons on rigid dynamics

George Pirie

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ON IIIGIDLESSONS DYNAMICS. LESSONS RIGID DYNAMICS, BY THE REV. G. PIUIE, M.A., FELLOW AND TDTOB OF QUEENS* COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE; AXD LATELY EIAMIXEli IN THE UNWEBSITY OF ABEItPEKX. Hontron : MACMILLAN AND CO. 1875. [All Ki'jhts referred.] : CTambritirjc PTHNTED BY O. J. CLAY. MA. AT 1'RKSa.i'UE UXIVKIWITY PREFACE. tl;IT will bo I thatthink,acknowledged,generally in toof Naturalsubject Philosophy, equal importance iswhich theas ofknown studyRigid Dynamics,familiarly ofs > restricted to the more advanced students exclusively to beMathematics. Yet this restriction cannot be said treatment of the involves nonefor thenecessary, subject of the mathematical and it must be allowedmethods;higher is the basis ofto be for the science of motionunfortunate, ofMechanical and furnishes the explanationEngineering, andterrestrial cosmicalmany interesting phenomena. This restriction of the is due to thestudy chiefly while the and to thethat, conceptions reasoning peculiar of its lead-are somewhat thedifficult,subject explanations in the books used stu-bying principles, given commonly andare for the most often,dents, part brief, throughvery obscure.brevity, which I have at-It is this of explanationdeficiency is notin the little book. Ittotempted supply following with theto the student gene-my acquaint splendidpurpose of and of more recentralizations Lagrange philosophers. to beFor that the books in use leavepresent nothing ofdesired, aim is to render more themy general study !

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• Dynamics

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 16
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 12 Mo

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ON IIIGIDLESSONS DYNAMICS.LESSONS
RIGID DYNAMICS,
BY THE
REV. G. PIUIE, M.A.,
FELLOW AND TDTOB OF QUEENS* COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE;
AXD LATELY EIAMIXEli IN THE UNWEBSITY OF ABEItPEKX.
Hontron :
MACMILLAN AND CO.
1875.
[All Ki'jhts referred.]:
CTambritirjc
PTHNTED BY O. J. CLAY. MA.
AT 1'RKSa.i'UE UXIVKIWITY