Application of mechanics to the study of static equilibrium of rigid and elastic bodies. Topics includes composition and resolution of forces; moments and couples; equivalent force systems; free-body ...

As the author of this book remarks, mechanics is a difficult subject not merely for the student but also for the race, as is evident by the fact that it came into existence two thousand years later ...

PROF. LAMB'S books on the various branches of mechanics require no introduction to the modern teacher and student of applied mathematics. By their fluency of diction, their easy mathematical style and ...