Elementary Vector Analysis: With Application to Geometry and Physics

My object in writing this book was to provide a simple exposition of elementary Vector Analysis, and to show how it may be employed with advantage in Geometry and Mechanics.

It was thought unnecessary, in the present volume, to enter upon the more advanced parts of the subject, built upon the ideas of gradient, curl and divergence. Vector algebra and the differentiation of vectors with respect to one scalar variable furnish a powerful instrument even for the higher parts of dynamics.