THE THEORY OF ELASTICITY

AND OF

THE STRENGTH OF MATERIALS

FROM GALILEI TO THE PRESENT TIME.

BY THE LATE

ISAAC TODHUNTER, D. Sc., F.R.S.

EDITED AND COMPLETED

FOR THE SYNDICS OF THE UNIVERSITY PRESS

BY

KARL PEARSON, M.A.

PROFESSOR OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON.

VOL. I. GALILEI TO SAINT-VENANT

1639-1850.

CAMBRIDGE:

AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

1886

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THE THEORY OF ELASTICITY

AND OF

THE STRENGTH OF MATERIALS

FROM GALILEI TO THE PRESENT TIME.

BY THE LATE

ISAAC TODHUNTER, D. Sc., F. R. S.

EDITED AND COMPLETED

FOR THE SYNDICS OF THE UNIVERSITY PRESS

BY

KARL PEARSON, M.A.

PROFESSOR OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON.

TO THE MEMORY OF

M. BARRÉ DE SAINT-VENANT

THE FOREMOST OF MODERN ELASTICIANS

THE EDITOR DEDICATES HIS LABOUR

ON THE PRESENT VOLUME.