Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Translator's Preface
- Author's Preface to the Translation
- Preface to the First Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Contents
- Introduction
- CHAPTER I THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRINCIPLES OF STATICS
- CHAPTER II THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRINCIPLES OF DYNAMICS
- CHAPTER III THE EXTENDED APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF MECHANICS AND THE DEDUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCIENCE
- CHAPTER IV THE FORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF MECHANICS
- CHAPTER V THE RELATION OF MECHANICS TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS OF KNOWLEDGE
- Appendix
- Chronological Table of a Few Eminent Inquirers and of Their More Important Mechanical Works
- Index
Preface to the Second Edition
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2014
- Frontmatter
- Translator's Preface
- Author's Preface to the Translation
- Preface to the First Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Contents
- Introduction
- CHAPTER I THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRINCIPLES OF STATICS
- CHAPTER II THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRINCIPLES OF DYNAMICS
- CHAPTER III THE EXTENDED APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF MECHANICS AND THE DEDUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCIENCE
- CHAPTER IV THE FORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF MECHANICS
- CHAPTER V THE RELATION OF MECHANICS TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS OF KNOWLEDGE
- Appendix
- Chronological Table of a Few Eminent Inquirers and of Their More Important Mechanical Works
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Science of MechanicsA Critical and Historical Exposition of its Principles, pp. xi - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013