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SCHOOL OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS.

Professor Thornton.

Required for Admission to the Work of the School: Mathematics
B1 or the equivalent.

For Graduates and Undergraduates.

Course C1: Theoretical Mechanics: The class meets three
times a week. The topics treated in successive terms are as follows:

Fall Term.—The fundamental laws of motion, force, and energy
and their applications to the Statics of material particles and solid
bodies.

Winter Term.—The dynamics of the particle and an elementary
study of moments of inertia and the dynamics of the rigid body.

Spring Term.—Dynamics of the rigid body; attractions and potential.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10-11. Mechanical Laboratory.

For Graduates Only.

Course D1: Analytical Mechanics:

Lectures are given in alternate sessions on the following topics.
Hours by appointment.

  • A. Theoretical Dynamics; Theory of Attractions (1912-13).

  • B. Theory of Elasticity; Hydrodynamics (1913-14).