Abstract
THE book is written from the point of view of the engineering student, and the applications of the principles of mechanics are treated conformably with engineering practice. Thus the examples are drawn from roof trusses, bridge girders, journal bearings, pump impellers, automobile engines, and the like. Applications in other directions are ignored as inappropriate. The subject matter is clearly expounded, with many well-executed diagrams which should render the text easy to assimilate. The usual ground is covered in two parts, the first dealing with statics and the second with kinematics and kinetics. The author makes a point of omitting any reference to the term ‘‘mass in the development of the last-named subject until after he has restated and explained Newton's Laws of Motion independently of it. Indeed, he avoids the use of the word throughout, urging that it is not essential to the elucidation of problems which particularly concern the engineer. Appended to each section of explanatory text is a selection of illustrative examples, with solutions or answers. With its modern instances, the book is thoroughly up to date, and should prove useful to the engineering student.
Engineering Mechanics.
Prof.
F. L.
Brown
By. Pp. xi + 477. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1931.) 20s. net.
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C., B. Engineering Mechanics. Nature 130, 115 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130115b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/130115b0