This third edition includes the corrections made by the late C.
Truesdell in his personal copy. It is annotated by S. Antman who
describes the monograph`s genesis and the impact it has made on the
modern development of mechanics. Originally published as Volume III/3 of
the famous Encyclopedia of Physics in 1965, this book describes and
summarizes "everything that was both known and worth knowing in the
field at the time." It also has greatly contributed to the unification
and standardization of the concepts, terms and notations in the field.