APPLIED MECHANICS

BY

T. ALEXANDER, C.E., M. INST. C.E.I.

M.A.I. (hon. causa)

4TH ORDER OF MEIJI, JAPAN

PROFESSOR OF ENGINEERING, TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN

AND

A. W. THOMSON, D.Sc.

PROFESSOR OF ENGINEERING, COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, POONA

WITH NUMEROUS DIAGRAMS, AND A SERIES OF GRADUATED
EXAMPLES CAREFULLY WORKED OUT

London

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED

NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

Eng 259.02.3

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

GIFT OF

MRS. CHARLES S. PEIRCE
JUNE 28, 1915

FIRST EDITION.

Part I. By Thomas Alexander. Crown 8vo, 1880.

Part II. By Thomas Alexander and Arthur Watson Thomson.
Crown 8vo, 1883.

SECOND EDITION. In one vol., 8vo, 1902.

TO THE MEMORY OF

DR. WILLIAM JOHN MACQUORN RANKINE

LATE PROFEssor of CIVIL ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS

IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW

This Work is Dedicated by his Pupils

THOMAS ALEXANDER

AND

ARTHUR WATSON THOMSON