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Elements of mechanics: for the use of colleges, academies, and high schools

Peck, William G. (William Guy), 1820-1892 · 1859 · New York, A. S. Barnes & Burr · 75 pictures

A mechanics textbook by William G. Peck, published in New York by A. S. Barnes & Burr in 1859 for college, academy, and high-school students. The 75 figures are line diagrams of inclined planes, levers, pulleys and force parallelograms, labeled with letters and Greek angles, offering thin-ruled geometry, arrowed vectors, and dotted construction lines for technical or schematic layouts.

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