The Mysterious Universe

Science & Math

James Hopwood Jeans

Astronomy & Space Science

Cambridge Univ Pr

PREF1.CE The primary aim of the present book is to supply for students beginning the study of Theoretical Mechanics a course of such a nature as shall emphasize the fundamental physical principles of the subject. Different students will of course approach the study of mechanics with different interests, different aims, and different amounts of mathematical equipment, so that it may not be possible to produce a single book which shall exactly fit the requirements of every class of student, But I belieye that all students of mechanics, no matter what their aims and intentions may be, will be in the same position in one respect, namely that they will best begin the study of the subject by trying to acquire a firm grasp of the physical principles, leaving aside at first all mathematical developments and all practical aplllications, except in so far as these contribute to the elucidation of the fundamental physical principles. I am aware that this belief is not held by all Table of Contents CONTENTS; CUAPTER 1 REST A~D }[OTJO~ •; Introduction Motion of a point Velocity Acceleration Vectors; CIIAPTFR II FORCE AXD THF I AWS OF )[OTlON •; ~ewton'~ laws Frame of reference La'IVS applicable only to the; motion of a particle; CHAPTER III FoncF,S ACTIXG ON A SINGLE PARTICLE; Composition and resolution of forces l':u-tic1e in equilibrium; Types of forces, - weight of L particle, tension of a string, reaction; betwetln two bodies Friction; CUAPTER IV STATICS 01-' SYSTF:1!'l OF PARTICLES; Moments ~ystem of particles in equilibrium Forces in one plane; Strings, - the suspension bridl:,re, the catenary; CUAPT~R Y S1'A'1'IC;-; OF RIGJD Bonn:s ; Rigidity Conditions of eqUilibrium for a·

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