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Mechanics by William Fogg Osgood

Large book cover: Mechanics

Mechanics
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Publisher: The MacMillan Company
ISBN/ASIN: 1406734829
Number of pages: 494

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The book is adapted to the needs of a first course in Mechanics, given for sophomores, and culminating in a thorough study of the dynamics of a rigid body in two dimensions. So important are Hamilton's Equations and their solution by means of Jacobi's Equation, that this subject has also been included.

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