Download or read book Statics, Including Hydrostatics and the Elements of the Theory of Elasticity (Classic Reprint) written by Horace Lamb and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Statics, Including Hydrostatics and the Elements of the Theory of Elasticity It seemed natural and convenient to treat of Hydrostatics, to a similar degree of development, and I have also, for reasons stated at the beginning of Chap. XV, included the rudiments of the theory of Elasticity. A companion volume on Dynamics is in contemplation. Some investigations in the Chapter on mass-systems and elsewhere have been inserted with a view to this. 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.