yet it is hoped that not only teachers of mathematics in technical colleges, but those in classical colleges and universities as well, will find it suitable for a first course in the Differential and Integral Calculus.In many technical colleges, among them the one with which I am connected, the study of Calculus is begun in the first year of the course. As such an arrangement involves beginning a difficult branch of mathematics with somewhat immature students, the first few chapters in both the Differential and Integral parts arc discussed in more detail than is usual in text-books.Throughout the book I have confined myself strictly to those subjects which I know from my own experience are most needed by my own students. It seemed wise to me to omit all subjects only remotely connected with those of engineering, and introduce a few elementary chapters in Mechanics. Thus I was able, without encumbering the book, to afford a short introduction to Mechanics and Differential Equations as well as to view the principles of Attraction, Centers of Gravity, and, to a certain extent, Moments of Inertia, from the mechanical rather than the purely mathematical side. If the teacher feels that he should treat any subject omitted here, he can readily do so by lecture.The part of the book which differs most widely from other books is that dealing with the Integral Calculus.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

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