London: Edward Arnold, 1903. — 336 p.
These chapters were originally written as a series of lectures for students at the Royal Indian Engineering College, Cooper's Hill; so that the book may be looked upon as one mainly for students of Engineering.
The aim has been to make the work as practical as possible; and to keep the methods simple and concise, involving only a fair knowledge of elementary mathematics. Numerous diagrams and illustrations have been introduced, so as to enable the student to obtain as clear an insight into the methods as possible.