Mathematics for engineering students, Analytical geometry and calculus

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MATHEMATICS
FOR
ENGINEERING STUDENTS
BY
S. S. KELLER and W. F. KNOX
CARNEGIE TECHNICAL SCHOOLS
ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY AND CALCULUS
NEW YORK:
VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY
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23 MURRAY AND 27 WARREN STS.
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TwoCopies Received
NOV 21 1907
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F. H. OILSON COMPANY
BOSTON, U. S.A.
PREFACE.
Muchthat is ordinarily included in treatises on Analy-
tics and Calculus, has been omitted from this book, not
because it was regarded as worthless,: but because it
was considered quite unnecessary for the student of
engineering.
In Analytics the attention is called, at the beginning, to
the fact that the commonest experiences of life lie at the
basis of the subject, and at all stages of its development
the student is encouraged to consider the matters pre-
sented in the most informal and untechnical way.
In the Calculus a somewhat radical departure has been
attempted, in order to avoid the difficult and somewhat
mystifying subject of limits, or rather to approach similar
ends by less technical paths.
The average engineer will assert that he never uses the
Calculus in his practical experience, and it is the author's
ambition to make it effective as a tool, believing, as they
do, that it is not usedbecause it has neverbeen presented
in sufficiently simple and familiar terms.
S. S. K.
Carfiegie TechnicalSchools,
Pittsburg, Pa.