CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER V. 

 KINETICS OF A PARTICLE. 



I. IMPULSES; IMPACT OF HOMOGENEOUS SPHERES 

 II. RECTILINEAR MOTION . . . , ;' 



III. -FREE CURVILINEAR MOTION: 



1. General principles . . ... 



2. Central forces . ..... 



3. The problem of two bodies . 



IV. CONSTRAINED MOTION: 



1. Introduction 



2. Motion on a fixed curve ..... 



3. Motion on a fixed surface ..... 



4. Motion on a moving or variable curve or surface 

 V. LAGRANGE'S FORM OF THE EQUATIONS OF MOTION . 



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CHAPTER VI. 







KINETICS OF A RIGID BODY. 



I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES. v . 

 II. MOMENTS OF INERTIA AND PRINCIPAL AXES: 



1. Introduction . .... 



2. Ellipsoids of inertia . 



3. Distribution of principal axes in space 



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