摘要
THIS is a very good specimen of that sort of book which is an amplification of the lecture notes of a professor who has carefully prepared problems for students. We may not always like the way in which he introduces the subject to his pupils, and we may say that it is unphilosophical and even cryptic, and sometimes too brilliant, but such comments are often due to the fact that his way happens not to be the usual way of presenting the subject. The way of Prof. Reeve probably suits his particular class of unscientific pupils very well. He uses terms in senses somewhat different from those in common use. He is absolutely correct in many statements with which we would willingly find as much fault as Macaulay did with those of Robert Montgomery. For example:鈥�
摘要译文
这是那种书中非常好的标本，这是对学生为学生精心准备的教授的讲座的放大。我们可能并不总是喜欢他向学生介绍该主题的方式，我们可能会说这是无形的，甚至是神秘的，有时甚至太聪明了，但是这种评论通常是由于他的方式碰巧不是那样的事实呈现主题的通常方式。里夫教授的方式可能非常适合他特定的不科学学生。他使用的术语与常用的术语有些不同。在许多陈述中，他绝对是正确的，我们愿意发现与Macaulay对Robert Montgomery的错一样。例如：``
The Thermodynamics of Heat Engines[J]. Nature, 1903,67(1748)