Part 70

THE WORKS OF ERNST MACH.

THE SCIENCE OF MECHANICS.

A CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL EXPOSITION OF ITS PRINCIPLES.

By DR. ERNST MACH.

PROFESSOR OF THE HISTORY AND THEORY OF INDUCTIVE SCIENCE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA.

Translated from the Second German Edition By THOMAS J. McCORMACK.

250 Cuts. 534 Pages. Half Morocco, Gilt Top, Marginal Analyses.

Exhaustive Index. Price $2.50.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

STATICS.

The Lever.

The Inclined Plane.

The Composition of Forces.

Virtual Velocities.

Statics in Their Application to Fluids.

Statics in Their Application to Gases.

DYNAMICS.

Galileo's Achievements.

Achievements of Huygens.

Achievements of Newton.

Principle of Reaction.

Criticism of the Principle of Reaction and of the Concept of Mass.

Newton's Views of Time, Space, and Motion.

Critique of the Newtonian Enunciations.

Retrospect of the Development of Dynamics.

THE EXTENSION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF MECHANICS.

Scope of the Newtonian Principles.

Formulæ and Units of Mechanics.