Mechanics
by William Fogg Osgood
Publisher: The MacMillan Company 1937
ISBN/ASIN: 1406734829
Number of pages: 494
Description:
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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