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Volume 30, Issue 10

October 1962

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ISSN 0002-9505

EISSN 1943-2909

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PAPERS
EDITORIAL
NOTES AND DISCUSSIONS
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
FILM REVIEWS
BOOK REVIEWS
RECENT MEETINGS
APPARATUS NOTES

PAPERS

Progress Report of the Commission on College Physics: June 1960 through May 1962

Am. J. Phys. 30, 665–686 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941767

Abstract

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Interior Value Problems of Mathematical Physics. Part I. Wave Propagation

A. V. Masket; A. C. Vastano

Am. J. Phys. 30, 687–696 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941768

Abstract

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Axiomatic Deduction of the General Lorentz Transformations

H. M. Schwartz

Am. J. Phys. 30, 697–707 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941769

Abstract

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A “Two Cultures” Physics Course

Alfred M. Bork

Am. J. Phys. 30, 708–711 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941770

Abstract

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Initial Value Solution of Maxwell's Equations in Cold Plasma

Richard A. Gerwin

Am. J. Phys. 30, 711–715 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941771

Abstract

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Simple Derivation of the Electron-Nucleus Contact Hyperfine Interaction

George T. Rado

Am. J. Phys. 30, 716–718 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941772

Abstract

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“Meta” Relativity

O. M. P. Bilaniuk; V. K. Deshpande; E. C. G. Sudarshan

Am. J. Phys. 30, 718–723 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941773

Abstract

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Construction and Use of a Fabry-Perot Interferometer

Wallace A. Hilton

Am. J. Phys. 30, 724–726 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941774

Abstract

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Electron Levels, Electrochemical Effects, and Thermoelectricity

William T. Scott

Am. J. Phys. 30, 727–737 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941775

Abstract

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Apparatus Drawings Project. Report Number 30A. A Versatile RC-Filtered Low-Voltage Power Supply and a Calibrated Direct-Coupled Amplifier: Developed for the Freshman and Sophomore Physics Laboratories of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Robert G. Marcley

Am. J. Phys. 30, 738–744 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941776

Abstract

View articletitled, Apparatus Drawings Project. Report Number 30A. A Versatile RC-Filtered Low-Voltage Power Supply and a Calibrated Direct-Coupled Amplifier: Developed for the Freshman and Sophomore Physics Laboratories of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Some Aspects of Physics Research in non-Ph.D. Granting Institutions

Walter H. Kruschwitz

Am. J. Phys. 30, 745–749 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941777

Abstract

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Mechanical Conservation Laws and the Physical Properties of Groups of Motions in Flat and Curved Space-Times

William R. Davis; Gerald H. Katzin

Am. J. Phys. 30, 750–764 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941778

Abstract

View articletitled, Mechanical Conservation Laws and the Physical Properties of Groups of Motions in Flat and Curved Space-Times

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EDITORIAL

The AAPT-AIP Regional Counselor Program in Physics

Leonard O. Olsen

Am. J. Phys. 30, 765–766 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941779

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NOTES AND DISCUSSIONS

On Dealing with the Imprecisions in Experimental Measurements

H. L. Armstrong

Am. J. Phys. 30, 767 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941780

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Reflecting Prism for an Optical Bench Screen

Bruce E. Lee; Donald D. Snyder

Am. J. Phys. 30, 767–768 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941781

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Apparatus for an Experiment in Photometry

Kenneth Lyle Warren

Am. J. Phys. 30, 768–769 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941782

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Impact Demonstration with Plastic Croquet Balls

R. Edwin Worley

Am. J. Phys. 30, 769–770 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941783

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A Note on Specific Impulse and Rocket Performance

J. R. Dafler

Am. J. Phys. 30, 770–771 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941784

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Stress Effects due to Relativistic Contraction

Paul J. Nawrocki

Am. J. Phys. 30, 771–772 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941785

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Interference of Linearly Polarized Light with Perpendicular Polarizations

Walter Roy Mellen

Am. J. Phys. 30, 772 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941786

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FILM REVIEWS

Photons and Interference of Photons

John G. King; Malcolm Correll

Am. J. Phys. 30, 772–773 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941787

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BOOK REVIEWS

Researches on Meteorites

Carlton B. Moore; Thornton Page

Am. J. Phys. 30, 773–774 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941788

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A Bibliography of Reference Books for Elementary Science

G. G. Mallinson; J. B. Mallinson; Thornton Page

Am. J. Phys. 30, 774 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941789

View articletitled, A Bibliography of Reference Books for Elementary Science

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Group Theory and its Applications to Physical Problems

Morton Hamermesh; Albert A. Mullin

Am. J. Phys. 30, 774–775 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941790

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An Introduction to Physical Oceanography

William S. Von Arx; C. Harrison Dwight

Am. J. Phys. 30, 775–776 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941791

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The Atmospheres of Mars and Venus

W. W. Kellogg; Carl Sagan; Thornton Page

Am. J. Phys. 30, 776 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941792

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Concepts in Electricity and Magnetism

Reuben Benumof; M. S. McCay

Am. J. Phys. 30, 776–777 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941793

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Gravity

George Gamow; Howard Laster

Am. J. Phys. 30, 777 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941794

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Physical Mechanics (Third Edition)

R. B. Lindsay; J. R. Graham, Jr.

Am. J. Phys. 30, 777–778 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941795

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The Release and Use of Atomic Energy

T. E. Allibone; Frederick W. Swan

Am. J. Phys. 30, 778 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941796

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Thermodynamics of Solids

R. A. Swalin; Allen L. King

Am. J. Phys. 30, 778 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941797

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RECENT MEETINGS

Oregon Section

Vernon L. Long

Am. J. Phys. 30, 778–780 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941798

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Wisconsin Section

Roy E. Smith

Am. J. Phys. 30, 780 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941799

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Chicago Section

Richard T. O'Connor

Am. J. Phys. 30, 780–781 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941800

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Missouri Section

Harold Q. Fuller

Am. J. Phys. 30, 781 (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941801

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APPARATUS NOTES

Braided Glass Sleeving

H. P. Stabler

Am. J. Phys. 30, xv (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941802

View articletitled, Braided Glass Sleeving

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Electrochemical Elapsed Time Meter

H. P. Stabler

Am. J. Phys. 30, xv (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941803

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Thin-Film Hall Generator, Hall Effect Packages

H. P. Stabler

Am. J. Phys. 30, xv (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941804

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Miniature Magnetic Reed Switches

H. P. Stabler

Am. J. Phys. 30, xvi (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941805

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Unenclosed Ionization Gauge

H. P. Stabler

Am. J. Phys. 30, xvi (1962) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941806

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