Abstract
THE special characteristics of this book are stated to be (1) the large number of examples—eight hundred—of which one hundred and sixty are worked in full; (2) the great attention given to work, power and energy; (3) the classification, in small sections, of problems of the same type, the method of dealing with each section being explained by a worked example. Teachers of elementary theoretical mechanics will know how to appreciate these important qualities of the book. The descriptions are very clear, and the diagrams are helpful. The student who uses the treatise as a text-book, familiarising himself with the illustrative examples, and working through only a part of the well-selected and comprehensive exercises, will be equipped for almost any examination in elementary theoretical mechanics. And he will, at the same time, lay up in his mind a fund of useful knowledge.
Mechanics for Beginners.
By W. Gallatly Pp. 253. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1896.)
Article PDF
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Mechanics for Beginners. Nature 54, 148 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/054148b0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/054148b0