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An elementary treatise on mechanics : for the use of the junior classes at the university : with a collection of examples / by S. Parkinson, B.D. fellow and praelector of St Jon's College, Cambridge.
Record no.:
6063
Author:
Parkinson, Stephen, 1823-1889.;
Edition:
Third edition revised.
Publisher:
London :: Macmillan and co.,
Year:
1863
Description:
Printed by C.J. Clay M.A. at the University Press) viii, 374, [2] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Subject:
Mechanics.;
Statics.;
Dynamics.;
Notes:
Nagle Library copy signed 'J. McCarthy, University of Sydney, March 22nd 1869'.
Type:
Monograph
Abstract:
Statics --

Introduction --

Of forces acting in one plane --

Friction --

Of forces, the directions of which meet in a point, tension of strings on smooth and rough surfaces --

Of the cetnre of gravity --

Mechanical
powers --

Dynamics --

Introduction --

Of uniform motion and collision --

Of uniformly accelerated motion --

Of the motion of projectiles --

Motion on a curve.
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