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Dec 1976

Volume 14, Issue 9, pp. 534-585


There’s still a lot we don’t know

Dwight L. Barr, Sr.

The Physics Teacher -- December 1976 -- Volume 14, Issue 9, pp. 534

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07.55.Db Generation of magnetic fields; magnets
85.70.-w Magnetic devices

More on the softball throw

Mario Iona and William S. Porter

The Physics Teacher -- December 1976 -- Volume 14, Issue 9, pp. 534

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45.05.+x General theory of classical mechanics of discrete systems

Was it really Fraunhofer’s equation?

Bartley L. Cardon

The Physics Teacher -- December 1976 -- Volume 14, Issue 9, pp. 535

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42.25.Fx Diffraction and scattering
01.60.+q Biographies, tributes, personal notes, and obituaries

Red shifts and red herrings

Robert Ehrlich

The Physics Teacher -- December 1976 -- Volume 14, Issue 9, pp. 535

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42.68.-w Atmospheric and ocean optics
42.66.Ne Color vision: color detection, adaptation, and discrimination

Benjamin Franklin: ’’Let the experiment be made.’’

Albert E. Moyer

The Physics Teacher -- December 1976 -- Volume 14, Issue 9, pp. 536 | Cited 1 time

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01.60.+q Biographies, tributes, personal notes, and obituaries
01.65.+g History of science
85.90.+h Other topics in electronic and magnetic devices and microelectronics (restricted to new topics in section 85)
07.50.-e Electrical and electronic instruments and components

Acoustics of percussion instruments—Part I

Thomas D. Rossing

The Physics Teacher -- December 1976 -- Volume 14, Issue 9, pp. 546 | Cited 5 times

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43.75.+a Music and musical instruments
46.40.Cd Mechanical wave propagation (including diffraction, scattering, and dispersion)
46.40.Jj Aeroelasticity and hydroelasticity

Laser radar—at the University of the West Indies

G. S. Kent

The Physics Teacher -- December 1976 -- Volume 14, Issue 9, pp. 557

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42.62.-b Laser applications
42.68.Wt Remote sensing; LIDAR and adaptive systems
07.60.-j Optical instruments and equipment
82.70.Rr Aerosols and foams

A rocket propulsion project for a divergent lab

Giles F. Shepherd

The Physics Teacher -- December 1976 -- Volume 14, Issue 9, pp. 570

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01.40.G- Curricula and evaluation
01.50.Pa Laboratory experiments and apparatus
45.05.+x General theory of classical mechanics of discrete systems

A Dewar for the heat of vaporization of liquid nitrogen

P. O. Berge, J. R. Shipman, and J. E. Huebler

The Physics Teacher -- December 1976 -- Volume 14, Issue 9, pp. 571

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01.50.Pa Laboratory experiments and apparatus
82.60.Fa Heat capacities and heats of phase transitions
82.80.-d Chemical analysis and related physical methods of analysis
64.70.F- Liquid-vapor transitions

The vertical spring‐mass system and its ’’equivalent’’

Herman Erlichson

The Physics Teacher -- December 1976 -- Volume 14, Issue 9, pp. 573

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45.05.+x General theory of classical mechanics of discrete systems

Attraction and repulsion of metallic particles over water

Jaime Garibay and Carlos E. Hernandez

The Physics Teacher -- December 1976 -- Volume 14, Issue 9, pp. 575

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01.50.My Demonstration experiments and apparatus
41.20.Cv Electrostatics; Poisson and Laplace equations, boundary-value problems
41.20.Gz Magnetostatics; magnetic shielding, magnetic induction, boundary-value problems

Individualized creative evaluation

Donna Berry

The Physics Teacher -- December 1976 -- Volume 14, Issue 9, pp. 576

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01.40.G- Curricula and evaluation
01.50.Kw Techniques of testing

Hot dog physics

George B. Barnes

The Physics Teacher -- December 1976 -- Volume 14, Issue 9, pp. 578

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01.50.Pa Laboratory experiments and apparatus
01.55.+b General physics

Open letter to the readers

Donald F. Kirwan and Jack Willis

The Physics Teacher -- December 1976 -- Volume 14, Issue 9, pp. 578

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01.40.-d Education

Pasco model 9302 waveform analyzer, an evaluation

Donald E. Shult

The Physics Teacher -- December 1976 -- Volume 14, Issue 9, pp. 579

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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)
01.50.My Demonstration experiments and apparatus
43.58.+z Acoustical measurements and instrumentation

Electrolysis and recombination of water

Robert M. Graham

The Physics Teacher -- December 1976 -- Volume 14, Issue 9, pp. 580

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01.50.My Demonstration experiments and apparatus
82.45.-h Electrochemistry and electrophoresis

Work‐energy apparatus

Noah M. Rosenhouse

The Physics Teacher -- December 1976 -- Volume 14, Issue 9, pp. 581

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01.50.My Demonstration experiments and apparatus
01.55.+b General physics

Lens mount for laser

Madeline V. Forrest

The Physics Teacher -- December 1976 -- Volume 14, Issue 9, pp. 581

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01.50.My Demonstration experiments and apparatus
42.40.-i Holography
42.60.-v Laser optical systems: design and operation

Electron beam deflection by a rotating magnet

Abel Rosales and Robert Prigo

The Physics Teacher -- December 1976 -- Volume 14, Issue 9, pp. 581

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01.50.My Demonstration experiments and apparatus
41.75.Fr Electron and positron beams
84.47.+w Vacuum tubes
85.90.+h Other topics in electronic and magnetic devices and microelectronics (restricted to new topics in section 85)

Another choice

Robert L. Warasila

The Physics Teacher -- December 1976 -- Volume 14, Issue 9, pp. 582

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01.30.Vv Book reviews
94.20.-y Physics of the ionosphere
01.55.+b General physics

A Physicist’s view of a cloud

Richard E. Orville

The Physics Teacher -- December 1976 -- Volume 14, Issue 9, pp. 582

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01.30.Vv Book reviews
92.60.Jq Water in the atmosphere

Primary source readings

Edward E. Daub

The Physics Teacher -- December 1976 -- Volume 14, Issue 9, pp. 583

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01.30.Vv Book reviews
89.30.-g Fossil fuels and nuclear power
01.65.+g History of science

The ultimate toy

Sam Wiley

The Physics Teacher -- December 1976 -- Volume 14, Issue 9, pp. 584

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01.30.Vv Book reviews
89.20.Ff Computer science and technology
01.50.ht Instructional computer use

Filmloop reviews

Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr.

The Physics Teacher -- December 1976 -- Volume 14, Issue 9, pp. 584

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01.50.F- Audio and visual aids
06.30.Ft Time and frequency

Electric field as scalar

Rudy Eichenberger

The Physics Teacher -- December 1976 -- Volume 14, Issue 9, pp. 585

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01.30.Vv Book reviews
03.50.-z Classical field theories
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