Excerpt from An Elementary Treatise on Statics: With a Biographical Notice of the Author To supply this urgent need, in part, the following little book upon Statics, or the science which treats of the equilibrium of forces applied to solid bodies, has been translated. It has long been known and highly admired by those who are familiar with the scientific literature of France; but to persons who have little or no acquaintance with French authors on such subjects, it may be well to mention, that correct information, so well digested, precise and clear, can be obtained from the literature of no other nation or language. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.