Intermediate physics / by W. Watson.

  • Watson, W. (William), 1868-1919.
Date:
1912
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    CONTENTS BOOK I MECHANICS AND PROPERTIES OF MATTER CHAPTER I DISPLACEMENT PAGES 1. Position. 2. Metric and British units of length, volume, and mass. 3. Speed, velocity, acceleration. 4. Velocity curve. Space traversed. 5. Composi- tion and resolution of velocities and accelerations. 6. Motion in a circle . 1-13 CHAPTER II FORCE 7. Force. Newton's first law of motion. 8. Momentum. Newton's second law. Unit of force. 9. Newton's third law of motion. Stress. 10. Composition and resolution of forces. 11. Moment of a force. Torque. 12. Composition of parallel forces. Couple. 13. Equilibrium of a particle. Triangle and polygon of forces. 14. Equilibrium of a body 14-23 CHAPTER III WORK AND ENERGY 15. Work. 16. Power. Activity. 17. Energy. 18. Principle of the conserva- tion of energy 24-32 CHAPTER IV ROTA TION—GRA VITA TION 19. Rotation. Angular velocity. Angular acceleration. Angular momentum. Torque. INIoment of inertia. 20. Gravitation. 21. Centre of gravity. Mass centre. 22. Calculation of the position of the centre of gravity. 23. Equili- brium of a body under the action of gravity 33-13