FUNDAMENTAL IDEAS OF MECHANICS AND EXPERIMENTAL DATA. BY A. MORIN. REVISED, TRANSLATED, AND REDUCED TO ENGLISH UNITS OF MEASURE BY JOSEPH BENNETT, CIVIL ENGINEER. (Spine title: "Morin's Mechanics.")

xiii, [1], 447 pages. Hardcover; H 23.25cm x L 15cm. Original brown cloth stained; obtrusive rippling to majority of front board's surface cloth where it's no longer adhered to underlying cardstock; similar but lesser occurrence to rear board; wear to board corners with fraying and several small chips at board edges; some cloth loss at frayed spine ends; spine's gilt lettering quite dulled but legible. Edges toned. Soiling to front endpapers and rear pastedown; black and gold Art Deco style bookplate of The Chambers Agency, New Orleans on front pastedown; ownership signatures dated 1861 in pencil on both front free endpaper and title page; small chip at front free endpaper's bottom edge; toning to initial and terminal leaves; some toning and occasional light foxing to interior leaves; moisture stain on rear flyleaf; rear free endpaper removed. With Dedicatory Preface, diagrams, tables, and formulas. Only a good antiquarian copy at best but collates as complete and binding remains firm. Text features the following sections: "Preliminary Ideas;" "Forces and the Measure of Their Work;" "Dynamometers;" "Transmission of Motion by Forces;" "Observation of the Laws of Motion;" "Principles of Vis Viva;" "Composition of Motion, Velocities, and Forces;" "The Centre of gravity and Equilibrium of Tensions in Jointed Systems;" "Composition and Equilibrium of Forces Applied to a Solid Body;" Motion of Rotation;" "Application of the Principle of Vis Via to Machines;" "Friction;" "Rigidity of Cords;" "Draught of Vehicles;" and "Resistance of Fluids." A revised English language translation (from the original French by Joseph Bennett) "Lecons de Mecanique Pratique a L'usage des Auditeurs des Cours du Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers" by Arthur J. Morin (1795-1880) first published in Paris in five volumes between 1846 and 1853. …