Book in Three Volumes, Theoretical Mechanics
date: label: date made
content: 1927-1936
label: date made
content: 1927
name: label: maker
content: MacMillan, William Duncan
notes: label: Description
content: William Duncan MacMillan, professor of astronomy at the University of Chicago, published this three-part discussion of theoretical mechanics over the years 1927 to 1936. The first volume discusses the statics and dynamics of a particl, the second the dynamics of rigid bodies, and the third the theory of the potential. The volumes are not annotated.
label: Description
content: This copy of the book is from the personal library of William F. Eberth (1905-1976), who spent fifteen years of his career with the Atomic Energy Commission working in South Africa.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: Subject
content: Physical Sciences
label: Subject
content: Mathematics
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of W. F. Eberth
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.319872.09
label: accession number
content: 1975319872
label: catalog number
content: 319872.09
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Books, Set Of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.5 cm x 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm; 31/32 in x 6 3/32 in x 9 1/4 in