Notes on Elementary Dynamics. II

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In problems where more than two bodies are simultaneously in collision, the rules usually stated in the text books are not, in general, sufficient for their solution. It has been suggested to me that I should continue the subject of Collision by a discussion of the method required in such cases.

In what follows I confine myself to the case of smooth spheres impinging on one another, or on fixed bodies, so that rotations do not fall to be considered.