A treatise on infinitesimal calculus - Bartholomew Price

From Preface:
THIS volume is the third of a Treatise on Infini-
tesimal Calculus and its capital applications. It is
also the first of a Treatise on Mechanics, and may
be considered and studied independently of the two
preceding volumes. In it are contained Statics or-
dinarily so called, Attractions, and the Dynamics
of a Material Particle.

The investigations are for the most part confined
to subjects which are within the range of the general
principles of Mechanics, and are not extended to par-
ticular sciences wherein these principles are specifi-
cally applied. Thus, the principles are discussed
on which the equilibrium and stability of bridges,
arches, and roofs depend; yet the practical rules
of the engineer’s and the builder’s arts are not c011-
sidered. Also as physical astronomy, the theories
of light, heat, and electricity require the explanation
and discussion of certain experimental laws which
rule their subject-matter, so the inquiry into these
special subjects is beyond the scope of this work
at its present stage.