Excerpt from A Text-Book of Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 1: Specially Arranged for the Use of Engineers Qualifying for the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Diplomas and Degrees of Technical Colleges and Universities, Advanced Science Certificates of British and Colonial Boards of Education; Applied Mechanics Many answers have been found to previously unanswered Ordinary and c.e. Questions. These have been duly arranged and tabulated by the numbers of the various Lectures in Appendix B under two main headings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.