Excerpt from Principles of the Mechanics of Machinery and Engineering, Vol. 2 of 2: Applied Mechanics IN writing this, the second volume, I have adhered as closely as possible to my views of what the work should be, as explained in the preface to the first volume. I am aware that these views are not adopted by all who are capable of judging in the matter, and that a more general and mathematical treatment of the subject would have been preferred by many. But I have now long experience in teaching to fall back upon, and am thereby convinced, that the comparatively elementary style adopted as it can be followed by those who have not made extensive mathematical acquirements, will more surely lead to the introduction of applications of Mechanical Science in the routine practice of engineers, than the more general methods of treating these subjects have done. 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.