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Dec 1975

Volume 13, Issue 9, pp. 516-576


On metrication or can we make the meter stick?

Michael Davis

The Physics Teacher -- December 1975 -- Volume 13, Issue 9, pp. 516

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06.20.F- Units and standards

When is a pendulum not a pendulum?

George Barnes

The Physics Teacher -- December 1975 -- Volume 13, Issue 9, pp. 516

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01.60.+q Biographies, tributes, personal notes, and obituaries
01.50.My Demonstration experiments and apparatus

How large the stars?

Frank S. Crawfrod

The Physics Teacher -- December 1975 -- Volume 13, Issue 9, pp. 516

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01.65.+g History of science

Authors and the profit motive

Lawrence Corrado

The Physics Teacher -- December 1975 -- Volume 13, Issue 9, pp. 516

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01.40.G- Curricula and evaluation

More confused than amused

Albert N. Caro

The Physics Teacher -- December 1975 -- Volume 13, Issue 9, pp. 517

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06.20.F- Units and standards

Violence in physics problems

Timothy H. Folkomer

The Physics Teacher -- December 1975 -- Volume 13, Issue 9, pp. 517

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01.40.G- Curricula and evaluation

The ghost flute

Sue Ellen Stickney and Thad J. Englert

The Physics Teacher -- December 1975 -- Volume 13, Issue 9, pp. 518

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43.75.+a Music and musical instruments

19th century textbook illustrations IV

Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr.

The Physics Teacher -- December 1975 -- Volume 13, Issue 9, pp. 522

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Improving high school physics teacher preparation

Lillian Christie McDermott

The Physics Teacher -- December 1975 -- Volume 13, Issue 9, pp. 523 | Cited 3 times

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01.40.J- Teacher training

A course for physics teachers in Jamaica

A. Anthony Chen

The Physics Teacher -- December 1975 -- Volume 13, Issue 9, pp. 530

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01.40.J- Teacher training

Superconducting ring fluxmeters

Chris Long

The Physics Teacher -- December 1975 -- Volume 13, Issue 9, pp. 532

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A brief review is given of the Meissner effect and its application to squids. (AIP)
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07.55.-w Magnetic instruments and components
85.25.Dq Superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs)

Let the elements teach periodic law

J. Franklin Hyde

The Physics Teacher -- December 1975 -- Volume 13, Issue 9, pp. 538

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A temporary organization of the subatomic particles

Clifford E. Swartz

The Physics Teacher -- December 1975 -- Volume 13, Issue 9, pp. 542

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A summary is presented of the elementary particles and how they are currently classified on the basis of their intrinsic properties. (AIP)
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12.90.+b Miscellaneous theoretical ideas and models (restricted to new topics in section 12)

Demonstration of a crystalline phase change in a solid

Albert A. Bartlett

The Physics Teacher -- December 1975 -- Volume 13, Issue 9, pp. 545

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64.70.K- Solid-solid transitions

Deriving the centripetal acceleration formula: a=v2/r

Russell D. Patera

The Physics Teacher -- December 1975 -- Volume 13, Issue 9, pp. 547

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01.50.Kw Techniques of testing
45.05.+x General theory of classical mechanics of discrete systems

Stage lighting instruments

Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr. and Steven G. Heisler

The Physics Teacher -- December 1975 -- Volume 13, Issue 9, pp. 548 | Cited 3 times

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07.90.+c Other topics in instruments, apparatus, and components common to several branches of physics and astronomy (restricted to new topics in section 07)

Imparting positive social attitudes with distribution curves

Paul G. Hewitt

The Physics Teacher -- December 1975 -- Volume 13, Issue 9, pp. 551

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01.40.G- Curricula and evaluation

Teachers’ pets II—circling carts

Robert Gardner

The Physics Teacher -- December 1975 -- Volume 13, Issue 9, pp. 552

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A radioactive decay flow diagram

J. C. Widman, J. Brnetich, and E. R. Powsner

The Physics Teacher -- December 1975 -- Volume 13, Issue 9, pp. 554

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Velocity, wavelength and frequency relations for light

A. T. Mogill

The Physics Teacher -- December 1975 -- Volume 13, Issue 9, pp. 555

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The flaming air track

Roy Coleman

The Physics Teacher -- December 1975 -- Volume 13, Issue 9, pp. 556

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The harmonica, and audiofrequency generator

Robert H. Johns

The Physics Teacher -- December 1975 -- Volume 13, Issue 9, pp. 557

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43.75.+a Music and musical instruments

Plexiglas top for freezer

Christopher A. Goddard and Melvin Pavalow

The Physics Teacher -- December 1975 -- Volume 13, Issue 9, pp. 557

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Electric field using an overhead projector

Ian Mennie and Cyril Snook

The Physics Teacher -- December 1975 -- Volume 13, Issue 9, pp. 558

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Ripple‐tank period measurements

Les D. Burton and Ian G. Ellis

The Physics Teacher -- December 1975 -- Volume 13, Issue 9, pp. 559

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Rejuvenating bar magnets

Vincent Buckwash

The Physics Teacher -- December 1975 -- Volume 13, Issue 9, pp. 559

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07.55.-w Magnetic instruments and components
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Heavy weights at zero cost

Bernard Scott

The Physics Teacher -- December 1975 -- Volume 13, Issue 9, pp. 559

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