Excerpt from Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1800-1900, Vol. 2: Subject Index Pure Mathematics for the nineteenth century, published in 1908, an outline of the history of the Royal Society's Catalogue of Scientific Papers is given; it is not necessary to repeat that account. The present volume deals with the papers on Mechanics as classified in the Schedules of the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature; it contains 21295 entries referring to the papers contained in 959 serial publications. The Index titles for papers published in the latter part of the century, from 1884 to 1900 inclusive, have been made by Referees familiar with the subjects, who have consulted the original papers and have made the titles from the contents of the papers and not merely from their headings. It was intended that the Index entries for the papers from 1800 to 1883 should be made from the complete titles as printed in the Catalogue of Authors already published; but it was soon found that many of these titles were too indefinite for such minute classification, and reference has had to be made to the original papers in a large number of cases. The subjects are arranged under the registration numbers adopted in the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature; a copy of Schedule B (mechanics) of that Catalogue, is prefixed to the Index, with indication of the pages on which the titles for the different sections occur. It has occasionally been found convenient, in order to save repetition in printing, to group entries under a sub-heading which is not contained in the Inter national Catalogue Schedule. Where this has been done the sub-heading is printed in italics. In some of these cases the words of the sub-heading are understood to exist before the entries following them, and consequently these entries commence with small letters. These minor classifications, being often made mechanically on the basis of the explicit mention of the sub-heading, are not to be taken as exhaustive; cognate entries may be found elsewhere under the same. Main heading. The unit of classification is thus the complete numbered heading. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.