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Excerpt from A Treatise on Dynamics of a Particle: With Numerous Examples
This work, commenced by Mr Steele and myself towards the end of 1852, first appeared in 1856. At Mr Steele's early death his allotted share of the work was uncompleted, and I had to undertake the final arrangement of the whole. In the subsequent editions it has derived much benefit from revision: first by Mr Stirling of Trinity in 1865, then by Mr W. D. Niven of Trinity in 1871, and recently by Prof. Greenhill of Emmanuel in 1878.
It now appears after a general revision by myself, with the assistance of Dr C. G. Knott and of my colleague Prof. Chrystal.
Under such circumstances it could not fail to be a patchwork of a somewhat complicated kind; but the comparatively rapid exhaustion of the latest edition shows that, with all its many faults, it meets not very inadequately a real want.
I have no doubt that, with a few months' leisure, I could immensely improve it; if merely by giving it more unity of plan. But the time I am able to devote to such things has to be snatched at irregular intervals from other engrossing work; and I am led, therefore, very naturally rather to the making of hastily improvised insertions than to carrying out any well-considered scheme of compression or co-ordination.
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