Over the past few years experience has accumulated with student use of solder-glass techniques for the construction of simple vacuum tubes for doing experiments with electrons, ions, and atoms. The details of a freshman seminar are discussed, and examples of the work of the students, including sample laboratory reports and data are given. The success of the seminar indicates that the technique can be extended to handle large groups of students.
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© 1964 American Association of Physics Teachers.
1964
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