Advances in Applied Mechanics

THIS is the first volume of what will undoubtedly be a most valuable series of publications, giving collected account of the great advances made in various branches of applied mechanics during the last ten or twelve years. It is well known that many arches are still available only in scientific or in the reports of research institutions ; and it was therefore a very happy idea on the part of Dr. T. von Kármán and Prof. R. von Mises to get a number of experts to write articles which would give a synoptic view of the numerous detailed investigations which have been made in applied mechanics.Advances in Applied Mechanics Edited by Richard von Mises Theodore von Kármán. Vol. 1. Pp. viii + 293. (New York: Academic Press, Inc.; London: H. K. Lewis and Co., Ltd., 1948.) 6.80 dollars.