All this, the positive and physical essence of mechanics, which makes its chief and highest interest for a student of nature, is in existing treatises completely buried and concealed beneath a mass of technical considerations.


Preface to the first edition,, p. vii - 19th century - The Science of Mechanics (1893)


All this, the positive and physical essence of mechanics, which makes its chief and highest interest for a student of nature, is in existing...

All this, the positive and physical essence of mechanics, which makes its chief and highest interest for a student of nature, is in existing...

All this, the positive and physical essence of mechanics, which makes its chief and highest interest for a student of nature, is in existing...

All this, the positive and physical essence of mechanics, which makes its chief and highest interest for a student of nature, is in existing...