Mathematics for Practical Men (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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The work now presented to the public had its origin in a desire which I felt to draw up an Essay on the principles and applications of the mechanical sciences, for the use of the younger members of the Institution Of Civil Engineers. The eminent individuals who are deservedly regarded as the main pillars of that useful Institution, stand In need Of no such instructions as are in my power to impart but it seemed expedient' to prepare an Essay, comprised within moderate limits, which might furnish scientific instruction for the many young men of ardour and enterprise who have of late years devoted themselves to the interesting and important profession, of whose members that Institution 1s principally constituted. My first design was to compose a paper which might be read at one or two of the meetings of that Society; but, as often happens in such cases, the embryo thought has grown, during meditation, from an essay to a book: and what was first meant to be a very compendious selection of principles and rules, has, in its execution, assumed the appearance of a systematic analysis of principles, theorems, rules, and tables.

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