Excerpt from The Elementary Part of a Treatise on the Dynamics of a System of Rigid Bodies, Vol. 1: Being Part I. Of a Treatise on the Whole Subject; With Numerous Examples The following subjects will be treated of in the second volume. Theory of moving axes, Clairaut's theorem, motion relative to the earth, and gyroscopes. Theory of small oscillations with several degrees of freedom both about a position of equilibrium and about a state of steady motion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.