“The book will be indispensable to all engineering firms, consulting engineers, and architects who have to deal with this important question.” T. H. B.
| + + + | Nature. 72: 290. Jl. 27, ‘05. 810w. |
Ziwet, Alexander. Elements of theoretical mechanics. [*]$4. Macmillan.
This is a revised edition of “An elementary treatise on theoretical mechanics,” by the junior professor of mathematics in the University of Michigan, and is intended especially for students of engineering. Kinemetics, statics, and kinetics are the main divisions of the book, which states in its preface: “This work is not a treatise on applied mechanics, the application being merely used to illustrate the general principles and to give the student an idea of the uses to which mechanics can be put.”
“Is an excellent introduction to the science of analytical mechanics. His exposition is in general sound and logical.” L. M. Hoskins.
| + + + | Science, n. s. 21: 302. F. 24, ‘05. 1120w. |
Zola, Emile. Selections; ed. by A. G. Cameron. [*]80c. Holt.
In choosing these selections the editor has endeavored to illustrate Zola’s “patriotic, sociological, and descriptive sides, expressed in the mastery of his style and literary workmanship.” The text includes L’Attaque du Moulin, Le grand Michu, Le paradis des chats, Les Halles, L’Ile du diable, and nine other selections. An English introduction, notes and bibliography fits the book for student use.
| + + | Critic. 47: 475. N. ‘05. 90w. |
“It would have been better if Mr. Cameron had given the source from which he took each of the pieces he has chosen.”