Excerpt from A History of the Theory of Elasticity and of the Strength of Materials, Vol. 2: From Galilei to the Present Time
For the Index to the present volume I alone am responsible. In a work of this comprehensive character a complete and systematic index is a first necessity. To prepare it is a duty which experience has taught me no one can fulfil so efficiently as the writer of a book.
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Excerpt from A History of the Theory of Elasticity and of the Strength of Materials, Vol. 2: From Galilei to the Present Time
For the Index to the present volume I alone am responsible. In a work of this comprehensive character a complete and systematic index is a first necessity. To prepare it is a duty which experience has taught me no one can fulfil so efficiently as the writer of a book.
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.
PREFACE. NINE ycal'S have elapsed since the manuscript of the earlier part of this History was placed in my hands; seven years since the first volume was published}. Some words of apology are needful for this delay. Interest in my subject and a desire to complete without breach of continuity a work which I had commenced led me to persist in the task of editing even after I had recognised how little prompt execution of that t.ask was compatible with the large demands which the work of a London teacher makes upon limited physical strength. Rapid an_d efficient fulfilment needed the single-hearted devotion of one to whom this History would have been the first and not a secondary duty. To complete the work, as I could have wished it completed, would have needed the undivided energies, the fresh and undisturbed intellectual power of several years' labour. As it is the Editor has failed to fulfil the promise made on the title-page and bring the History down" to the present
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CONTENTS; PART I; CHAPTER X; SAI~T-VENANT, 1850-1886; rAGES; SECTIO~ I Memoir on Torsion 1--51; SECTIO~ II ~Iomoirs of 1854~1864, Flexure, Distribution of; Elasticity, etc 51-105; SE
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