CONTENTS. 



PRELIMINARY. 



CHAPTER I. 



ARTS. PAGES 



1. Nature of the subject ' . . . 1 2 



2 6. Position, Time, and Motion. Frame of Eeference . . 2 7 



CHAPTER II. 



7 13. Definition of a Vector. Composition and Eesolution of 



Vectors 8 15 



14 27. Localised Vectors, Moments, and Couples. Reduction of a 



system of Vectors 16 29 



CHAPTER III. 



2833. Definitions of Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration . 30 34 



34 38. Notation and Formula for Acceleration. Circular Motion 34 38 



39, 40. Relative Motion . 3941 



CHAPTER IV. 



41 44. Uniformly Accelerated Motion. Gravity .... 42 44 



45, 46. Parabolic Motion 4447 



4749. Simple Harmonic Motion 4751 



5052. Central Orbits 5154 



53 57. Elliptic Motion. Law of Inverse Square .... 54 59 

 58 62. Radial and Transversal Accelerations. Differential Equa- 

 tion of Central Orbits 6064 



6366. Apses. Stability of Circular Orbits 6568 



Examples 6884 



