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Excerpt from The Principles of Mechanics, Vol. 1: An Elementary Exposition, for Students of Physics
The following chapters may be arranged in two groups, and the first of these (chapters I - V) is devoted continu ously to building up knowledge of the necessary concep tions, and unfolding their content. It is believed that such a plan will foster in students who use the book some quality of precision and method in statement, while it accustoms them to follow a sustained argument. If re sults like these are not attained by those who cultivate the science of Mechanics, the benefits of their study are but half reaped. The ninth and tenth chapters are given up mainly to auxiliary discussions on Centre of Mass, Moment of Inertia, and Dimensions; leaving three chap ters in that group (chapters VI - VIII) for the usual range of applications. This has been covered with a fair degree of thoroughness; and the problems constitute at the same time a collection of varied illustrations, by means of which the general principles can be elucidated and enforced.
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