The Principles of Mechanics: Explaining and Demonstrating the General Laws of Motion, the Laws of Gravity, Motion of Descending Bodies, Projectiles, ... and Stress of Timber, Hydrostatics, and Cons - Softcover
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T H E art of mechanics being the jirji that men had occa/ion to make ufi: o'f, it is reafon'able to jnppofe that it tobh 'it: be ginning with man and was ftudied in the earlie/t tiger of the world. For no foonérfi did ntéinkind begin to 'pe'o'ple the earth than they wanted hon/e: to dwell in, cloaths to wear, and ntenfilr to till the ground, to get then: bread, with othei' necefl'arier' of life and being thus defiit'ute proper habitationt, and other conveniences of lining, their want: mtg/t immediately put' them upon the [lady of niecha nier.' At theirfitj/t' fitting out, they would be cbntent with very little theory eitdeaztéuring tn get that. More by ebépérienee' than ren-j jbning, aitd being unacguatnted with numbers, or any fort of calw culation; and having neither rule nor co/npafi to work by, nor ia firument: to work witc, but fad? As t-cey nzujt invent 1cyl of all; nor any Method: of working: witc all thdé aah/advantage}, w'é' may judgb wh'at flirt of work they were likely 'té make All thot'i contribancet mil/t b'e otte're guefiing, and\ they contd but {ill eiecnte' what'thty had'f badly wontrz'védf and inn/lc be continually niending'
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