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To simplify the subject of statics, and to make it attractive at the same time, is by no means an easy task, but the author of this little book has gone far towards succeeding in doing this. With the approval of several experienced teachers, the principle of the transmissibility of force has been discarded in favour of the ordinary method. The parallelogram of forces is deduced from the laws of motion, Duchayla's proof being given as an alternative. The definitions are admirable, and the various proofs are as simple as they well can be.
Statics for Beginners.
By John Greaves. (London: Macmillan and Co., 1889.)
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Statics for Beginners . Nature 40, 77 (1889). https://doi.org/10.1038/040077a0
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