A Treatise on the Theory of Screws (Paperback)

1. Twists and wrenches; 2. The cylindroid; 3. Reciprocal screws; 4. Screw co-ordinates; 5. The representation of the cylindroid by a circle; 6. The equilibrium of a rigid body; 7. The principal screws of inertia; 8. The potential; 9. Harmonic screws; 10. Freedom of the first order; 11. Freedom of the second order; 12. Plane representation of dynamical problems concerning a body with two degrees of freedom; 13. The geometry of the cylindroid; 14. Freedom of the third order; 15. The plane representation of freedom of the third order; 16. Freedom of the fourth order; 17. Freedom of the fifth order; 18. Freedom of the sixth order; 19. Homographic screw systems; 20. Emanants and pitch invariants; 21. Developments of the dynamical theory; 22. The geometrical theory; 23. Various exercises; 24. The theory of screw-chains; 25. The theory of permanent screws; 26. An introduction to the theory of screws in non-Euclidian space; Appendices; Bibliographical notes; Index.