Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical). Purpose: Training & Education. Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: Textbook on strengths of materials written by Fred B. Seely, M.S., Professor of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois.From Preface to Second Edition: "It has been the aim in preparing the second edition to give special emphasis to the engineering significance of this subject, and not merely emphasis to mathematical methods of analysis."...