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Volume 21, Issue 4

April 1953

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ISSN 0002-9505

EISSN 1943-2909

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

PAPERS

Construction of a Diffraction Grating Spectrograph

R. L. Purbrick

Am. J. Phys. 21, 241–243 (1953) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933413

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On a Routine Analytic Method for the Solution of Problems in Statics

A. W. Simon

Am. J. Phys. 21, 244–246 (1953) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933414

Abstract

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The Constant Battery Wheatstone Bridge

T. Townsend Smith

Am. J. Phys. 21, 247–249 (1953) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933415

Abstract

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Spin Waves in Ferromagnetic and Antiferromagnetic Materials

F. Keffer; H. Kaplan; Y. Yafet

Am. J. Phys. 21, 250–257 (1953) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933416

Abstract

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Čerenkov Radiation in a Dispersive Medium

H. Motz; L. I. Schiff

Am. J. Phys. 21, 258–259 (1953) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933417

Abstract

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Behavior of Magnetic Materials

R. M. Bozorth

Am. J. Phys. 21, 260–266 (1953) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933418

Abstract

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Rocking Experiment with Two Degrees of Freedom

John Satterly

Am. J. Phys. 21, 267–273 (1953) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933420

Abstract

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Geometrical Solution for a Nuclear Moment in a Magnetic Field

Roald K. Wangsness

Am. J. Phys. 21, 274–276 (1953) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933421

Abstract

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Physics and Physiology in Diving Decompression

Hilbert Schenck, Jr.

Am. J. Phys. 21, 277–280 (1953) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933422

Abstract

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A Calculus of Measures and Its Application to the Relation between Rationalized and Unrationalized Electromagnetic Systems

J. R. Barker; R. O. Davies

Am. J. Phys. 21, 281–286 (1953) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933423

Abstract

View articletitled, A Calculus of Measures and Its Application to the Relation between Rationalized and Unrationalized Electromagnetic Systems

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Longitudinal Vibrations of a Vertical Column by the Method of Laplace Transform

L. H. Hall

Am. J. Phys. 21, 287–292 (1953) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933424

Abstract

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A Proposed Procedure for Selecting and Using Symbols for Physical Units

Duane Roller

Am. J. Phys. 21, 293–296 (1953) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933425

Abstract

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Teaching a Philosophy of Experimentation in a Course in Electrical Measurements

Francis T. Worrell

Am. J. Phys. 21, 296–299 (1953) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933426

Abstract

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Experimental Reactor Physics Course at the Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology

E. D. Klema; R. J. Stephenson; S. Taylor

Am. J. Phys. 21, 300–304 (1953) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933427

Abstract

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Surface Energy, A Mode for Energy Absorption During Impact

John S. Rinehart

Am. J. Phys. 21, 305–307 (1953) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933428

Abstract

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An Undergraduate Experiment for the Determination of Alpha-Particle Range

Walter C. Michels; Eva Wiener

Am. J. Phys. 21, 307–309 (1953) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933429

Abstract

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Relativistic Rocket Theory

W. L. Bade

Am. J. Phys. 21, 310–312 (1953) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933430

Abstract

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PRACTICAL AIDS

Practical Aids for Physics Teachers

Thomas H. Osgood

Am. J. Phys. 21, 266 (1953) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933419

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NOTES AND DISCUSSIONS

Effect of Absorption by the Material of the Prism on Its Resolving Power

Mahendra Singh Sodha

Am. J. Phys. 21, 313 (1953) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933431

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Determination of the Coefficient of Surface Tension by the Bubble-Length Method

John C. Slonczewski; Ralph Heller

Am. J. Phys. 21, 313–314 (1953) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933432

View articletitled, Determination of the Coefficient of Surface Tension by the Bubble-Length Method

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Equivalent Networks of Electron Tubes

Saul Aronow

Am. J. Phys. 21, 314–315 (1953) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933433

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

An Extension of the Conical Pendulum Problem and Its Demonstration

Julius Sumner Miller

Am. J. Phys. 21, 315–316 (1953) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933434

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The Ultrasonic Interferometer as a Screw Calibrating Instrument

Romard Barthel

Am. J. Phys. 21, 316 (1953) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933435

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Concerning the Electric Charge on a Moving Vehicle

Julius Sumner Miller

Am. J. Phys. 21, 316 (1953) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933436

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Demonstration of Subjective Harmonics

Charles Williamson

Am. J. Phys. 21, 316–317 (1953) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933437

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Trigonometry before Physics?

W. A. Murtaugh

Am. J. Phys. 21, 317–318 (1953) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933438

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BOOK REVIEWS

Modern Physics

F. W. Van Name, Jr.; Arthur Beiser

Am. J. Phys. 21, 318 (1953) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933439

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Physics and Medicine of the Upper Atmosphere

Clayton S. White; Otis O. Benson, Jr.; E. L. Harrington

Am. J. Phys. 21, 319 (1953) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933440

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Textbook on Sound

J. W. Winstanley; Robert T. Beyer

Am. J. Phys. 21, 319–320 (1953) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933441

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Comets and Meteor Streams

J. G. Porter; N. T. Bobrovnikoff

Am. J. Phys. 21, 320 (1953) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933442

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A University Text-Book of Physics, Volume III, Heat

J. H. Awbery; Walter Hitschfeld

Am. J. Phys. 21, 320–321 (1953) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933443

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RECENT MEETINGS

Illinois Section

O. L. Railsback; A. Frances Johnson

Am. J. Phys. 21, 321–322 (1953) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933444

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