By the same Author. Price 2s. A CHAPTER ON FRESNEL'S THEORY OF Second Edition. Price 3s. 6d. AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON GEOMETRICAL OPTICS. AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON SOLID GEOMETRY BY W. STEADMAN ALDIS, M.A.. TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, PRINCIPAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM COLLEGE OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE AT THIRD EDITION, REVISED. CAMBRIDGE: DEIGHTON, BELL, AND CO. LONDON: BELL AND SONS. 1880 PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION. THE present work is intended as an introductory text-book for the use of Students reading for the Mathematical Tripos. Many of the higher applications of the subject are therefore either omitted entirely or treated very briefly. At the same time the Author believes that the book includes as much as the great majority of Cambridge Students have time to master thoroughly, while those who are desirous of making farther acquaintance with the subject will perhaps find a work like the present not unsuitable as an introduction to the more complete treatises of Salmon and others. The Author begs to thank those of his friends who have kindly assisted him by revising the manuscript and proofsheets, and will feel obliged to any one who will offer corrections or improvements. |