A Treatise of Celestial Mechanics Vol. 1: Book the First Translated From the French and Elucidated With Explanatory Notes (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Treatise of Celestial Mechanics Vol. 1: Book the First Translated From the French and Elucidated With Explanatory Notes<br><br>General expression Of the square of its velocity. It describes a curve in which the integral of the product Of its velocity by the element of this curve is a mzmmum. No. 8 Method of determining the pressure which a point moving on a surface or on a curve exerts against it. Of the centrifugal force. No. 9 Application Of'' the preceding principles to the motion of a free point actuated by the force of gravity in a resisting medium. Investigation of the law of resistance necessary to make the point describe a given curve. Particular examination of the casein which the resistance vanishes. N O. 10 Application Of the same principles to the motion of a heavy body on a spherical surface.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.