A Treatise on Mechanics
Henry Kater and Dionysius Lardner
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1. Front matter2. CHAP. I. PROPERTIES OF MATTER—MAGNITUDE—IMPENETRABILITY—FIGURE—FORCE.3. CHAP. II. DIVISIBILITY—POROSITY—DENSITY—COMPRESSIBILITY—ELASTICITY—DILATABILITY.4. CHAP. III. INERTIA.5. CHAP. IV. ACTION AND REACTION.6. CHAP. V. THE COMPOSITION AND RESOLUTION OF FORCE.7. CHAP. VI. ATTRACTION.8. CHAP. VII. TERRESTRIAL GRAVITY.9. CHAP. VIII. OF THE MOTION OF BODIES ON INCLINED PLANES AND CURVES.10. CHAP. IX. THE CENTRE OF GRAVITY.11. CHAP. X. THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF AN AXIS.12. CHAP. XI. ON THE PENDULUM.13. CHAP. XII. OF SIMPLE MACHINES.14. CHAP. XIII. OF THE LEVER.15. CHAP. XIV. OF WHEEL-WORK.16. CHAP. XV. OF THE PULLEY.17. CHAP. XVI. ON THE INCLINED PLANE, WEDGE, AND SCREW.18. CHAP. XVII. ON THE REGULATION AND ACCUMULATION OF FORCE.19. CHAP. XVIII. MECHANICAL CONTRIVANCES FOR MODIFYING MOTION.20. CHAP. XIX. OF FRICTION AND THE RIGIDITY OF CORDAGE.21. CHAP. XX. ON THE STRENGTH OF MATERIALS.22. CHAP. XXI. ON BALANCES AND PENDULUMS.23. CHAP. XXI. ON BALANCES AND PENDULUMS. (continued 2)24. INDEX.