Mechanics for beginners

Mechanics for beginners

Author: I. Todhunter

Year: 1887

-parallelogram of forces; forces in one plane acting on a particle; resultant of two parallel forces; moments; forces in one plane; constrained body; center of parallel forces; center of gravity; properties of the center of gravity; the lever; balances; the wheel and axle; the toothed wheel; the pully; the inclined plane; the wedge. the screw; compound machines; virtual velocities; friction; miscellaneous propositions; problems; miscellaneous examples in statics; velocity; the first and second laws of motion; motion in a straight line under the influence of a uniform force, with given initial velocity; second law of motion. motion under the influence of a uniform force in a fixed direction, but not in a straight line. projectiles; mass; third law of motion; the direct collision of bodies; the oblique collision of bodies; motion of the center of gravity of two or more bodies; laws of motion. general remarks; motion down a smooth curve; uniform motion in a circle; motion in a conic section round a focus; motion in an ellipse round the center; work; d'alembert's principle; moment of inertia; motion round a fixed axis; miscellaneous theorems; miscellaneous examples in dynamics-