AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON HYDRODYNAMICS AND SOUND BY A. B. BASSET. M. A., F. RS. TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED. CAMBRIDGE DEIGHTON BELL AND CO. LONDON GEOBGE BELL AND SONS 1900 All Rights reserved. Cambridge PRINTED BY J. AND C. P. CLAY AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS. PREFACE. The treatise on Hydrodynamics, which I published in 1888, was intended for the use of those who are acquainted with the higher branches of mathematics, and its aim was to present to the reader as comprehensive an account of the whole subject as was possible. But although a somewhat formidable battery of mathematical artillery is indispensable to those who desire to possess an exhaustive knowledge of any branch of mathematical physics, yet there are a variety of interesting and important investigations, not only in Hydrodynamics but also in Electricity and other physical subjects, which are well within the reach of every one who possesses a knowledge of the elements of the Differential...