1824.] 



nianac for 1834. Under a title of the 

 most iiiiassuniin^ kind, Dr. Yotins; has 

 here presented the English readrr with 

 the first part of a treatise on pliysical 

 astronomy, which, tliotigh it professes 

 only to be a translation from Laplace's 

 " Celestial Mechanics," abounds, never- 

 theless, with additions of new and original 

 matter, in the form of Lemmas, Scholia, 

 and explanatory remarks, besides siip- 

 plyinj^ the details or processes of the de- 

 monstrations ; so that even those v.'lio pos- 

 sess and are familiar with the work of 

 Laplace, may profit greatly by the il- 

 lustrations of his able translator. To 

 the student, it will fnmisli ample as- 

 sistance, as the steps or processes of each 

 demonstration are filled np, by recur- 

 rence to the fimdamental principles of 

 mathematics and mechanics, contiiiiied in 

 a concise bnt clear and comprehensive 

 system of these sciences, here given as an 

 introduction, which renders a rei'erence to 

 other elementary works nnnecessary. Dr. 

 young has not contented himself with 

 merely expressing Laplace's meaning in 

 English words, but has rendered his pro- 

 cesses clearly intelligible to any person 

 who is conversant with the works of the 

 English mathematicians of the " old 

 school" only ; and has made his book 

 Berve, as a connecting link between the 

 geometrical and algebraical modes of in- 

 quiry. It is remarked in the preface, 

 that " a mosaic work of this kind may 

 perliaps possess less of perfect harmony, 

 than if it had been more regularly mo- 

 delled into a continuous system ;" but the 

 want of strict method is more than com- 

 pensated, by the greater interest which 

 naturally arises, from a mixture of the 

 direct consideration of the phenomena 

 of nature, with the abstract investigation 

 of purely mathematical truths. As parts 

 of the work before us which are absolutely 

 new, we may notice, the elegant and 

 simple theory of waves, and that of 

 sounds ; and the interesting inquiries re- 

 specting the cohesion of fluids ; these will 

 not fail to attract the reader's attention. 

 Amongst the analytical improvements 

 which Ur. Young has introduced, those in 

 notation will be found of importance; and 

 his remarks on the celebrated theorem of 

 our countryman. Dr. lirook Taylor, will 

 tend much to facilitate its application to a 

 variety of intricate inquiries, fur which it 

 is very peculiarly adapted. The work in 

 Us present state is a whole, and completely 

 independent of all others ; yet the author 

 prupijscs to extend his illustrations to the 

 other books of the " Celestial Mechanics" 

 of Laplace, and probably to some other 

 works relating to astronon)y and the 

 higher branches of the mathematics; our 

 readers, in this branch of science, will 

 look anxiously forward to the completion 

 of these, the Doctor's purposes. 

 Monthly Mac. No. 392. 



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