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IN addition to acknowledgments made in the text, the author desires to express his thanks to many who have assisted him in the preparation of this work; 1noie especial to Charles D. Jenkins, Massachusetts State Inspector of Gas Metres and Illuminating Gas, for suggestions in Photometry; to F. C. Morton, in Steam Engines and Friction; to N. H. Black, Rox bury Latin School, apparatus in Conjugate Foci; to I. O. Palmer, Newton High School, apparatus for Composition of Forces; the Westinghouse Air Brake Company, in Coefficient of Friction. Mr. I. O. Palmer and Mr. E. P. Churchill have read portions of the manuscript, and Mr. C. B. Hersey has read the manuscript and proofs of the entire book.
While the great body of scientific literature has been drawn upon for suggestions, the author would mention the works of John Perry and S. P. Thompson as particularly helpful.
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