title: The Science of Mechanics: A Critical And Historical Exposition Of Its Principles (Cambridge Library Collection - Physical  Sciences)
author:  Ernst Mach 
description: This is the 1893 English translation of the 1888 second German edition of Ernst Mach's historical and philosophical account of mechanics. Discussing the development of statics and dynamics, it was originally written to clarify physical concepts without detailed mathematical discussion, and is best known for its criticism of Newtonian concepts of time and space.
zlib_text: C. Truesdell 
  Essays in the 
  History of Mechanics 
  With 126 Figures 
  Springer-Verlag 
  Berlin Heidelberg New York 1968 
  
  ISBN 978-3-642-86649-4 
  ISBN 978-3-642-86647-0 (eBook) 
  DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-86647-0 
  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be translated or reproduced in any form without written 
  permission from Springer-Vetlag. © by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1968 . Library of Congress 
  Catalog Card Number 68-17860. 
  Title No. 1483 
  Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1968 
  
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  Foreword 
  This volume collects my shorter articles on the history of mechanics, some 
  already published in various places, some revised from earlier papers, and some 
  never published before. All of them began as lectures, 