An Introduction to Natural Philosophy, Vol. 1 of 2: Designed as a Text Book, for the Use of the Students in Yale College; Mechanics and Hydrostatics (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from An Introduction to Natural Philosophy, Vol. 1 of 2: Designed as a d104 Book, for the Use of the Students in Yale College; Mechanics and Hydrostatics We cannot, however, agree with those instructors who have yielded to the spirit of the age, (which is still hunting after a royal road to knowledge, ) so far as to forsake demonstration altogether, and substitute for the mathematical elements of Natural Philosophy, text books in which the principles of the science rest on no better basis than more popular illustration. Works of this kind may, indeed, furnish us with very useful materials for exhibiting the applications of these principles. The most successful writer of this class is Dr. Lardner, whose treatise on Mechanics, in particular, is an ele gant specimen of a popular work on science. We have accordingly made frequent use of that work in the practical part of Mechanics. 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.