The theory of screws : a study in the dynamics of a rigid body /

Ball, Robert Stawell.

The theory of screws : a study in the dynamics of a rigid body / Robert Stawell Ball - [Place of publication not identifed] : [publisher not identified], [c1876] - xxiv, 194 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

The theory of screws :, The

Includes index.

Introduction -- Chapter I. Twists and Wrenches -- Chapter II. The Cylindroid -- Chapter III. Reciprocal Screws -- Chapter IV. Screw Co-ordinates -- Chapter V. General Consideration on the Equilibrium of a Rigid Body -- Chapter VI. The Principal Screws of Inertia -- Chapter VII. The Potential Energy of a Displacement -- Chapter VIII. Harmonic Screws -- Chapter IX. The Dynamics of a Rigid Body which has Freedom of the First Order -- Chapter X. The Dynamics of a Rigid Body which has Freedom of the Second Order -- Chapter XI. The Dynamics of a Rigid Body which has Freedom of the Third Order -- Chapter XII. The Dynamics of a Rigid Body which has Freedom of the Fourth Order -- Chapter XIII. The Dynamics of a Rigid Body which has Freedom of the Fifth Order -- Chapter XIV. The Dynamics of a Rigid Body which has Freedom of the Sixth Order

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RIGID BODY

QA 841 .B35 [1876]