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Excerpt from Elementary Dynamics of Particles and Solids The following treatise is based on courses of lectures delivered in Firth College, Sheffield. It is intended as an introduction to the principles of dynamics for the use of students with no knowledge of mathematics beyond the elements of algebra and pure geometry. It will thus be found useful, not only in colleges and schools, but also to that large class of mechanical engineers to whom a knowledge of dynamics is valuable, but whose acquaintance with mathematics is slight. The wants of this latter class have been kept in view throughout, although developments properly to be found in technical treatises are not introduced. The chapters on the motion of rigid bodies will, it is hoped, be especially useful to them. This part will also be of value to ordinary students, who will thus be introduced to the simple principles of rigid dynamics freed from the intricacies of the differential and integral calculus, which usually accompany them. For engineers, the knowledge of the properties of moments of inertia and their values for simple bodies are as important as that of their centres of gravity, and it is hoped that the methods of Chapter XIX will be found as simple as those employed in finding centres of gravity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.