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THE first edition of this work, which forms Vol. LIX. of the “International Scientific Series,” appeared in 1883. With the exception of a few short appendices and the correction of misprints, it is identical with the original edition; but we are glad to take the present opportunity of calling attention to a book which, while unpretentious in form, is one of exceptional value to students, and especially to teachers, of the subject with which it deals.
Die Mechanik in ihrer Entwickelung historisch-critisch dargestellt.
(An Historical and Critical Sketch of the Development of the Principles of Mechanics.) By Dr. E. Mach., Professor of Physics in the University of Prague. Second Edition. (Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1889.)
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DE T., G. Mach's “History of Mechanics” . Nature 39, 556 (1889). https://doi.org/10.1038/039556a0
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