"We consider the case of a horizontal rod or beam slightly bent by vertical forces applied to it. The state of strain is no longer of the simple character appertaining to pure flexure; in particular there will be a relative shearing of adjacent cross-sections, and also a warping of the sections so that these do not remain accurately plane. We shall assume, however, that the additional strains thus introduced are on the whole negligible, and consequently that the bending moment is connected with the curvature of the axis..."