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Volume 20, Issue 6

September 1952

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ISSN 0002-9505

EISSN 1943-2909

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PAPERS
ERRATA
NOTES AND DISCUSSIONS
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
BOOK REVIEWS
RECENT MEETINGS

PAPERS

On the Physics of Harmonicas

A. W. Simon

Am. J. Phys. 20, 327–331 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933229

Abstract

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Count Rumford's Concept of Heat

Sanborn C. Brown

Am. J. Phys. 20, 331–334 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3416888

Abstract

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A Direct Treatment of the Foucault Pendulum

William J. Noble

Am. J. Phys. 20, 334–336 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933230

Abstract

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Reproductions of Prints, Drawings, and Paintings of Interest in the History of Physics 46. Portrait of Christiaan Huygens by C. Netscher

E. C. Watson

Am. J. Phys. 20, 337 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933232

Abstract

View articletitled, Reproductions of Prints, Drawings, and Paintings of Interest in the History of Physics 46. Portrait of Christiaan Huygens by C. Netscher

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Bodies Rocking on Planes and Cylinders, Spheroids and Spindles Rocking on Planes, Balls and Other Symmetrical Bodies Rocking in Elliptical and Other Holes

John Satterly

Am. J. Phys. 20, 338–352 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933233

Abstract

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Comic Dictionary of Physical Terms

Marge M. Muller

Am. J. Phys. 20, 352 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933234

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Quantum Mechanics and Thermodynamic Continuity

Alfred Landé

Am. J. Phys. 20, 353–358 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933235

Abstract

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An Absolute Ampere Current Balance for Laboratory Use

H. V. Neher

Am. J. Phys. 20, 358–362 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933236

Abstract

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Path Concepts in Hamilton-Jacobi Theory

Rolf Landauer

Am. J. Phys. 20, 363–367 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933237

Abstract

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The Spinning Nucleus in a Magnetic Field: A Source of Classroom Problems

W. J. Archibald

Am. J. Phys. 20, 368–373 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933238

Abstract

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ERRATA

Erratum: Quantitative Evaluation of Rocket Propellants [Am. J. Phys. 20, 26 (1952)]

S. S. Penner

Am. J. Phys. 20, 336 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933231

View articletitled, Erratum: Quantitative Evaluation of Rocket Propellants [Am. J. Phys. <strong>20</strong>, 26 (1952)]

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Errata: Undergraduate Origins of American Physicists

John N. Cooper

Am. J. Phys. 20, 380 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933250

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NOTES AND DISCUSSIONS

An Easily Constructed Alpha-Particle Range Apparatus

Vernon L. Bollman

Am. J. Phys. 20, 374 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933239

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A Wire Model for the Law of Reflection

Ira M. Freeman

Am. J. Phys. 20, 375 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933240

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On Fields and Lines of Force

Irving L. Kofsky

Am. J. Phys. 20, 375–376 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933241

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An Experiment on Torque

George W. Hazzard

Am. J. Phys. 20, 376 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933242

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An Electrical Method for Solving the Lens Equation

R. L. Purbrick

Am. J. Phys. 20, 376–377 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933243

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

When a Body Falls the Earth Turns Faster

G. David Scott

Am. J. Phys. 20, 377–378 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933244

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An Improved Mechanical Equivalent of Heat Experiment

George G. Kretschmar

Am. J. Phys. 20, 378 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933245

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Character in Teaching

Thomas D. Cope

Am. J. Phys. 20, 378–379 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933246

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Another Fluid Paradox

W. A. Nierenberg

Am. J. Phys. 20, 379 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933247

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Replies to Inquiring Letters

John Satterly

Am. J. Phys. 20, 379–380 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933248

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Experiment on Positron Annihilation

E. F. Barker

Am. J. Phys. 20, 380 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933249

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Friction Tape Produces Glow Discharge

Howard S. Seifert

Am. J. Phys. 20, 380–381 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933251

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BOOK REVIEWS

Aspects of Form, A Symposium on Form in Nature and Art

Launcelot Law Whyte; C. Hillis Kaiser

Am. J. Phys. 20, 381 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933252

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Interlingua-English, a Dictionary of the International Language and Interlingua, a Grammar of the International Language

Alexander Gode; Hugh E. Blair; Forrest F. Cleveland

Am. J. Phys. 20, 382 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933253

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The Conduction of Electricity Through Gases

K. G. Emeleus; J. A. Hornbeck

Am. J. Phys. 20, 382 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933254

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Mechanics and Properties of Matter

R. C. Brown; Donald S. Ainslie

Am. J. Phys. 20, 382–383 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933255

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The Theory of Atomic Spectra

E. U. Condon; G. H. Shortley; C. W. Ufford

Am. J. Phys. 20, 383 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933256

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Einführung in die theoretische Physik

Clemens Schaefer; Otto Laporte

Am. J. Phys. 20, 384 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933257

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The Interpretation of X-Ray Diffraction Photographs

N. F. M. Henry; H. Lipson; W. A. Wooster; B. D. Cullity

Am. J. Phys. 20, 384 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933258

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The Thermodynamics of the Steady State

K. G. Denbigh; Herbert B. Callen

Am. J. Phys. 20, 385 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933259

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Modern Magnetism

L. F. Bates; H. J. Williams

Am. J. Phys. 20, 385–386 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933260

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RECENT MEETINGS

Kentucky Section

Richard Hanau

Am. J. Phys. 20, 387–388 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933261

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Southern California Section

David F. Bender

Am. J. Phys. 20, 388–390 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933262

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Chesapeake Section

J. Howard McMillen

Am. J. Phys. 20, 390–392 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933263

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Southeastern Section, American Physical Society

Dixon Callihan

Am. J. Phys. 20, 392–393 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933264

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Oregon Section

Fred W. Decker

Am. J. Phys. 20, 393–394 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933265

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American Physical Society, New England Section

A. G. Hill

Am. J. Phys. 20, 394–395 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933266

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Proceedings of the American Association of Physics Teachers The New York Meeting, January 28–February 2, 1952

Hugh C. Wolfe

Am. J. Phys. 20, 395–400 (1952) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933267

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