The Theory of the Top. Volume II. Development of the Theory in the Case of the Heavy Symmetric Top is the second in a series of four self-contained English translations of the classic and definitive treatment of rigid body motion. Graduate students and researchers interested in theoretical and applied mechanics will find this a thorough and insightful account. Other works in this series include Volume I. Introduction to the Kinematics and Kinetics of the Top, Volume III. Perturbations. Astronomical and Geophysical Applications, and Volume IV. Technical Applications of the Theory of the Top.

Advertisement.- Volume II. Development of the Theory in the Case of the Heavy Symmetric Top.- Chapter IV. The general motion of the heavy symmetric top. Introduction to elliptic integrals.- Chapter V. On special forms of motion of the heavy symmetric top, particularly pseudoregular precession, and on the stability of motion.- Chapter VI. Representation of the motion of the top by elliptic functions.- Appendix to Chapter VI.- Addenda and Supplements.- Translators¿ Notes.- References.- Index.