Hydraulic Machinery: With an Introduction to Hydraulics (Classic Reprint)
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Author(s)Robert Gordon Blaine
PublisherForgotten Books
ISBN / ASIN1332017339
ISBN-139781332017331
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷
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Excerpt from Hydraulic Machinery: With an Introduction to Hydraulics
I venture to believe that there is still room for a book on the subject Hydraulic Machinery; this belief being confirmed by the fact that students frequently ask me to name a work on this subject suited to their wants. The difficulty in naming a work, obtainable at a moderate price, and which contains really sound information, couched in language that ordinary students and readers can understand, has led me to produce the present volume.
In books of this class an attempt is usually made to avoid using the calculus, or to disguise its use in the language of so-called elementary mathematics; this course is not altogether free from objections, the proofs given being usually long, difficult, and not too exact.
The present work is the result of a suggestion by Professor Perry, F.R.S., whose treatment of the theoretical portions of the subject I have followed; and I venture to think that, although in some cases it has seemed necessary to make use of elementary applications of the calculus, the proofs are simple, easy, and satisfactory. The student who does not possess the small amount of knowledge necessary to follow the reasoning, had better accept the results without proof than attempt to master those often given.
My many years' connection with Professor Perry as his chief assistant, precludes any idea on my part of putting forward a claim to originality in a subject which the Professor always invests with a peculiar interest.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
I venture to believe that there is still room for a book on the subject Hydraulic Machinery; this belief being confirmed by the fact that students frequently ask me to name a work on this subject suited to their wants. The difficulty in naming a work, obtainable at a moderate price, and which contains really sound information, couched in language that ordinary students and readers can understand, has led me to produce the present volume.
In books of this class an attempt is usually made to avoid using the calculus, or to disguise its use in the language of so-called elementary mathematics; this course is not altogether free from objections, the proofs given being usually long, difficult, and not too exact.
The present work is the result of a suggestion by Professor Perry, F.R.S., whose treatment of the theoretical portions of the subject I have followed; and I venture to think that, although in some cases it has seemed necessary to make use of elementary applications of the calculus, the proofs are simple, easy, and satisfactory. The student who does not possess the small amount of knowledge necessary to follow the reasoning, had better accept the results without proof than attempt to master those often given.
My many years' connection with Professor Perry as his chief assistant, precludes any idea on my part of putting forward a claim to originality in a subject which the Professor always invests with a peculiar interest.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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