TY - BOOK AU - J L Synge AU - Byron A Griffith TI - Principles of mechanics SN - 007Y857873 U1 - 531 SYN PY - 1959/// CY - New York PB - : McGraw-Hill KW - Mechanics N1 - pt. I. Plane mechanics. Foundations of mechanics -- Methods of plane statics -- Applications in plane statics -- Plane kinematics -- Methods of plane dynamics -- Applications in plane dynamics: motion of a particle -- Applications in plane dynamics: motion of a rigid body and of a system -- Plane impulsive motion -- pt. II. Mechanics in space. Products of vectors -- Statics in space -- Kinematics. Kinetic energy and angular momentum -- Methods of dynamics in space -- Applications in dynamics in space: motion of a particle -- Applications in dynamics in space: motion of a rigid body -- pt. III. General methods and relativity. The equations of Lagrange and Hamilton -- Hamiltonian methods -- Theory of vibration -- The special theory of relativity ER -