Mathematics for engineering students (Scan) ; Analytical Geometry and Calculus

PREFACE.



MUCH that is ordinarily included in treatises on Analy-
tics and Calculus, has been omitted from this book, not
because it was regarded as worthless, but because it
was considered quite unnecessary for the student of
engineering.

In Analytics the attention is called, at the beginning, to
the fact that the commonest experiences of life lie at the
basis of the subject, and at all stages of its development
the student is encouraged to consider the matters pre-
sented in the most informal and untechnical way.

In the Calculus a somewhat radical departure has been
attempted, in order to avoid the difficult and somewhat
mystifying subject of limits, or rather to approach similar
ends by less technical paths.

The average engineer will assert that he never uses the
Calculus in his practical experience, and it is the authors'
ambition to make it effective as a tool, believing, as they
do, that it is not used because it has never been presented
in sufficiently simple and familiar terms.