IN PREFACE. N the following work I have aimed at writing a working text-book on Statics and Dynamics for the use of Junior Students. The present book, Part I., consists of the Elements of Statics; Part II. will treat of the Elements of Dynamics, and will be shortly published. Both parts will also be bound together and issued as one volume. Throughout the book will be found a large number of examples; most of them, with the exception of many of those at the end of the Chapter on Friction and the Miscellaneous Examples at the end of the book, are of an easy type. I have tried to make the book complete as far as it goes; it is suggested, however, that the student should, on a first reading of the subject, omit everything marked with an asterisk. A few suggestions are subjoined for the guidance of students reading for examinations, where the amount required is less than the whole of the book. I must express my obligations to my friend Mr H. C. Robson, M.A., Fellow and Lecturer of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, for his kindness in reading through the proof-sheets, and for many suggestions that he has made to me. Cambridge. Additional Subjects of the Previous Examination. Chap- ters I-V, IX, X, XI (Arts. 131-152). Omit all articles marked Cambridge Local Examination. Junior Students. Chapters I—IV, IX (omitting Arts. 117–121), X (omitting Art. 130), XI. London University. Matriculation. Chapters I-VI, IX, X, XIII (omitting Arts. 203-207). Omit all articles with an asterisk. London University. Intermediate B.Sc. (Pass). Omit Chapter XII, Woolwich Entrance Examination. (Obligatory Papers.) Omit Chap- |