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Dec 1996

Volume 34, Issue 9, pp. 534-573


On ‘‘Choosing the Right System for Analysis of Forces’’

A. John Mallinckrodt

The Physics Teacher -- December 1996 -- Volume 34, Issue 9, pp. 534 | Cited 2 times

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

On ‘‘Choosing the Right System for Analysis of Forces’’

J. Michael Shore

The Physics Teacher -- December 1996 -- Volume 34, Issue 9, pp. 534

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On ‘‘Choosing the Right System for Analysis of Forces’’

Marvin L. De Jong

The Physics Teacher -- December 1996 -- Volume 34, Issue 9, pp. 534

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Comment: On ‘‘Choosing the Right System for Analysis of Forces’’ by Robert Kirkham

Clifford E. Swartz

The Physics Teacher -- December 1996 -- Volume 34, Issue 9, pp. 534

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Vibrations of a Chain

Wei Lee

The Physics Teacher -- December 1996 -- Volume 34, Issue 9, pp. 534

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Numbers count

Clifford E. Swartz

The Physics Teacher -- December 1996 -- Volume 34, Issue 9, pp. 536

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Pumping speed and Boyle’s Law: Two vacuum experiments

Bruce R. F. Kendall

The Physics Teacher -- December 1996 -- Volume 34, Issue 9, pp. 538

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07.30.-t Vacuum apparatus

‘‘Skydiver survives death plunge’’ (and the physics that helped)

Glenn Wagner and Robert Wood

The Physics Teacher -- December 1996 -- Volume 34, Issue 9, pp. 543 | Cited 1 time

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01.50.-i Educational aids

Energy diagrams with drag force

John A. Varriano

The Physics Teacher -- December 1996 -- Volume 34, Issue 9, pp. 546

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Sunscreens and the photoelectric effect

Michael Grote and William Heinmiller

The Physics Teacher -- December 1996 -- Volume 34, Issue 9, pp. 549

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79.60.-i Photoemission and photoelectron spectra

Analytic solution for the oscillator with classical friction

Clifton Bob Clark and Clifford E. Swartz

The Physics Teacher -- December 1996 -- Volume 34, Issue 9, pp. 550

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Simple gravitational lens demonstrations

Maria Falbo‐Kenkel and Joe Lohre

The Physics Teacher -- December 1996 -- Volume 34, Issue 9, pp. 555

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98.62.Sb Gravitational lenses and luminous arcs
03.30.+p Special relativity

A computer preview of Comet Hale‐Bopp

Michael C. Lo Presto

The Physics Teacher -- December 1996 -- Volume 34, Issue 9, pp. 558

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01.50.ht Instructional computer use
96.30.Cw Comets

Supermarket physics

Joseph D. Romano

The Physics Teacher -- December 1996 -- Volume 34, Issue 9, pp. 562

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02.50.-r Probability theory, stochastic processes, and statistics

FlexCamTM video camera—An evaluation

R. C. Nicklin

The Physics Teacher -- December 1996 -- Volume 34, Issue 9, pp. 564 | Cited 1 time

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07.68.+m Photography, photographic instruments; xerography

Building a competition buzzer set

J. R. Dennison and Richard Davis

The Physics Teacher -- December 1996 -- Volume 34, Issue 9, pp. 565

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01.40.Di Course design and evaluation
01.50.Qb Laboratory course design, organization, and evaluation

Trowbridge’s method of finding the acceleration due to gravity

Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr.

The Physics Teacher -- December 1996 -- Volume 34, Issue 9, pp. 570 | Cited 1 time

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What a caustic!

Pietro Ferraro

The Physics Teacher -- December 1996 -- Volume 34, Issue 9, pp. 572

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