"First edition of the author's work on mechanics. His focus is on those basic principles of mechanics which will enable both students of engineering and professionals to utilize certain mathematical theories and approaches necessary to engage in their specific tasks. Dispensing with higher geometry and an extensive use of analytical symbols, it simplifies the practical application of mechanics. Discussions include measuring of units of work, influence of friction, laws of motion, transmission of work by simple machines, movement and forces of steam, gravity, and water, inertia, velocity, equilibrium of forces, pressures, tensions and thrusts. The final section treats some basic mathematical processes, including dual arithmetic. A few years earlier, Byrne had published his treatise on dual arithmetic, a new method of solving problems of importance without the aid of tables, formulae or methods of approximation." -- Antiquarian bookseller's description, 2018.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.