Abstract
DR. BALL has published several papers of late years on the subject here treated. The present volume contains the substance of these papers re-cast, with additional matter, and with a greatly improved terminology.
The Theory of Screws; a Study in the Dynamics of a Rigid Body.
By R. S. Ball, Andrews' Professor of Astronomy in the University of Dublin; and Royal Astronomer of Ireland. (Dublin: Hodges, Foster, and Co., 1876.)
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E., J. The Theory of Screws; a Study in the Dynamics of a Rigid Body . Nature 13, 463–464 (1876). https://doi.org/10.1038/013463a0
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