The Elements of Railroad Engineering; Arithmetic. Algebra. Logarithms. Geometry and trigonometry. Elementary mechanics. Hydromechanics. Pneumatics. Strength of materials - International Schools, Paperback

• Release Date   5/20/2012
• ISBN-13   9781236315533 | 978-1-236-31553-3
• ISBN   1236315537 | 1-236-31553-7
• Format   Paperback
• Author(s)   International Schools
• This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 Excerpt: ...as follows: (1.) Mechanics of Solid Bodies. (2.) Mechanics of Fluids. (3.) Mechanics of Heat, or Thermodynamics. Mechanics of Solids is further divided into Statics and Kinetics, or Dynamics, as it is commonly called. Mechanics of Fluids is further divided into Mechanics of Air and Gases, or Pneumatics, and Mechanics of Liquids. The Mechanics of Liquids is divided into Hydrostatics and Hydrokinetics. the latter is also called Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics. 864. Statics treats of the conditions of the equilibrium of bodies. A body is in equilibrium under the action of forces, when the forces acting upon the body balance each other. 865. Kinetics, or Dynamics, treats of bodies in motion, and the effects which they may produce. 866. Pneumatics treats of the laws of the pressure and of the movement of air and other gaseous bodies. 867. Hydrostatics treats of the equilibrium of liquids. 868. Hydrokinetics (also called Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics) treats of liquids in motion, and the effects which they may produce. 869. Thermodynamics treats of the mechanical effects of heat upon bodies. 870. The fundamental principles of the relations between force and motion were first stated by Sir Isaac Newton. They are called "Newton's Three Laws of Motion," and are as follows: (I.) All bodies continue in a state of rest, or of uniform motion, in a straight line, unless acted upon by some external force that compels a change. (II.) Every motion, or change of motion, is proportional to the acting force, and takes place in the direction of the straight line along which the force acts. (III.) To every action there is always opposed an equal and contrary reaction. From the first law of motion, it is inferred that a body once set in motion by any force, no matter how sm...