A

MECHANICAL TEXT-BOOK:

OR,

INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF MECHANICS
AND ENGINEERING.

BY

WILLIAM JOHN MACQUORN RANKINE,

CIVIL ENGINEER; LL.D. TRIN. COLL. DUB.; F.R.SS. LOND. AND EDIN.; F.R.S.S.A.;
LATE REGIUS PROFESSOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW;

AND

EDWARD FISHER BAMBER, C.E.

With numerous Diagrams.

LONDON:

CHARLES GRIFFIN AND COMPANY,

STATIONERS' HALL COURT.

A

MECHANICAL TEXT-BOOK;

OR,

INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF MECHANICS
AND ENGINEERING.

BY

WILLIAM JOHN MACQUORN RANKINE,

CIVIL ENGINEER; LL.D. TRIN. COLL. DUB.; F.R. SS. LOND. AND EDIN.; F.R.S.S.A.; LATE REGIUS PROFESSOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW;

AND

EDWARD FISHER BAMBER, C.E.

With Bumerous Diagrams.

LONDON:

CHARLES GRIFFIN AND COMPANY,

STATIONERS' HALL COURT.