THE ELEMENTARY PART OF A TREATISE ON THE DYNAMICS OF A SYSTEM OF RIGID BODIES BEING PART I. OF A TREATISE ON THE WHOLE SUBJECT. THE ELEMENTARY PART OF A TREATISE ON THE DYNAMICS OF A SYSTEM OF BEING PART I. OF A TREATISE ON THE WHOLE With numerous Examples. BY EDWARD JOHN ROUTH, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., &c. LATE FELLOW OF ST PETER'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE; LATE EXAMINER IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. FOURTH EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED. London: MACMILLAN AND CO. 1882 [All Rights reserved.] PREFACE. In this edition, as in the last, many additions have been made to every part of the subject. This has necessarily enlarged the size of the book. If this be considered an evil I can only reply that the subject of Rigid Dynamics is so vast and has so many applications that a small book can only be made by omitting or treating imperfectly some of its details. I have therefore attempted to supply some information at least on all the chief points of the subject, preferring that the reader should select those parts which he may wish to study rather than that he should find some important theory altogether unnoticed. In order to render the book less bulky for the student, it has been divided into two parts. In the first volume there will be found all the elements of the subject together with some methods. which are intended for the more advanced student. In the second part the higher applications will be given. In order that the plan of the book may be understood a short summary of the subjects to be treated of in the second volume has been added to the table of contents. The subject of Rigid Dynamics has always been found a difficult one by the student and is seldom properly understood at the first reading. One great advantage of this division of the work into two volumes is that space for greater fulness of explanation has been found. It is hoped therefore that this edition will be found easier than any of the preceding. There is 994582 |