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120 decibels!

Thomas D. Rossing

The Physics Teacher -- December 1989 -- Volume 27, Issue 9, pp. 644

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43.55.Gx	Studies of existing auditoria and enclosures
43.50.Cb	Noise spectra, determination of sound power

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Osmosis revisited

Theodore Reiff, Editor, J. A. G. McClelland, Editor, Lewis Epstein, Editor, and James Boyd, Editor

The Physics Teacher -- December 1989 -- Volume 27, Issue 9, pp. 644

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66.10.C-	Diffusion and thermal diffusion
82.39.Wj	Ion exchange, dialysis, osmosis, electro-osmosis, membrane processes

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Delayed flight times

James B. Shaw, Jr.

The Physics Teacher -- December 1989 -- Volume 27, Issue 9, pp. 645

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06.20.Jr	Determination of fundamental constants
84.40.-x	Radiowave and microwave (including millimeter wave) technology
01.50.Pa	Laboratory experiments and apparatus

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Australian solution

John L. Morgan

The Physics Teacher -- December 1989 -- Volume 27, Issue 9, pp. 645

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01.30.mp

Textbooks for undergraduates

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Hewitt didn’t goof

Roy W. Clark

The Physics Teacher -- December 1989 -- Volume 27, Issue 9, pp. 646

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62.10.+s

Mechanical properties of liquids

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Shady thoughts

Fred F. Pregger

The Physics Teacher -- December 1989 -- Volume 27, Issue 9, pp. 646

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42.25.Bs

Wave propagation, transmission and absorption

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Marbles in collision

Irvin A. Miller

The Physics Teacher -- December 1989 -- Volume 27, Issue 9, pp. 646

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01.50.My	Demonstration experiments and apparatus
45.05.+x	General theory of classical mechanics of discrete systems

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The pinhole camera: Imaging without lenses or mirrors

Matt Young

The Physics Teacher -- December 1989 -- Volume 27, Issue 9, pp. 648 | Cited 2 times

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07.68.+m	Photography, photographic instruments; xerography
42.30.Va	Image forming and processing
42.15.Dp	Wave fronts and ray tracing

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Women and the elements: The role of women in element and fission discoveries

Joseph L. Spradley

The Physics Teacher -- December 1989 -- Volume 27, Issue 9, pp. 656

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01.60.+q	Biographies, tributes, personal notes, and obituaries
25.85.Ca	Spontaneous fission
23.90.+w	Other topics in radioactive decay and in-beam spectroscopy (restricted to new topics in section 23)

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Two approaches to learning physics

David Hammer

The Physics Teacher -- December 1989 -- Volume 27, Issue 9, pp. 664 | Cited 6 times

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01.40.-d

Education

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Road sign

Peter O’Connell

The Physics Teacher -- December 1989 -- Volume 27, Issue 9, pp. 670

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06.20.F-

Units and standards

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Sacrificing a cheap guitar in the name of science

Donald E. Hall

The Physics Teacher -- December 1989 -- Volume 27, Issue 9, pp. 673 | Cited 3 times

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01.50.My	Demonstration experiments and apparatus
43.40.Cw	Vibrations of strings, rods, and beams
43.75.Gh	Plucked string instruments
43.40.At	Experimental and theoretical studies of vibrating systems

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Russian physics education—How good is it?

David L. Wallach

The Physics Teacher -- December 1989 -- Volume 27, Issue 9, pp. 678

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01.30.mp	Textbooks for undergraduates
01.40.G-	Curricula and evaluation
01.55.+b	General physics

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A lizard’s pinhole camera and related desert optics

George Barnes

The Physics Teacher -- December 1989 -- Volume 27, Issue 9, pp. 680

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42.66.Ct	Anatomy and optics of eye
42.66.Lc	Vision: light detection, adaptation, and discrimination
42.66.Si	Psychophysics of vision, visual perception; binocular vision