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Volume 44, Issue 10
October 1976
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

Papers

Resource Letter SEG‐1: Solid‐earth geophysics
Paul A. Bender
Am. J. Phys. 44, 903–911 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10228
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On Einstein, light quanta, radiation, and relativity in 1905
Arthur I. Miller
Am. J. Phys. 44, 912–923 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10229
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How children swing
Stephen M. Curry
Am. J. Phys. 44, 924–926 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10230
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360° reflection holography
S. T. Hsue; B. L. Parker; M. Monahan
Am. J. Phys. 44, 927–928 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10557
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Fresnel zone plate: Anomalous foci
J. Higbie
Am. J. Phys. 44, 929–930 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10558
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Exposure corrections for macrophotography
N. M. Nikolic
Am. J. Phys. 44, 931–935 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10559
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Accelerator physics: An undergraduate course in experimental nuclear physics
Douglas S. Fielder
Am. J. Phys. 44, 936–939 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10235
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Derivation of classical and quantum statistical distributions
N. C. Barford
Am. J. Phys. 44, 940–943 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10236
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Elementary derivation of the perturbation equations of celestial mechanics
Joseph A. Burns
Am. J. Phys. 44, 944–949 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10237
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The thermostat—turn it down
John Dowling, Jr.; Philip Swartz
Am. J. Phys. 44, 950–952 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10238
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Teaching ’’team’’ research techniques and technical report writing in elementary physics laboratories
Douglas Early; Conley Stutz
Am. J. Phys. 44, 953–955 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10239
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An approximate method for classical scattering problems
L. P. Fulcher; B. F. Davis; D. A. Rowe
Am. J. Phys. 44, 956–959 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10240
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Some recent determinations of the velocity of light. III
Joseph F. Mulligan
Am. J. Phys. 44, 960–969 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10241
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Equilibrium properties of a mixture of reacting gases: A soluble model
H. J. Kreuzer
Am. J. Phys. 44, 970–973 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10242
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Neutron chemistry with a 252Cf fission source
Francis J. Johnston
Am. J. Phys. 44, 974–977 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10243
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An experiment on skin effect
J. W. MacDougall
Am. J. Phys. 44, 978–980 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10244
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Fluid dynamic phenomena can be demonstrated with stereo shadowgraphs of stratified fluid
C. W. McCutchen
Am. J. Phys. 44, 981–983 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10245
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Teaching physical science from original sources by a discussion method
Michel Nicola
Am. J. Phys. 44, 984–988 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10246
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Operator techniques in three dimensions
Charles Ray Smith
Am. J. Phys. 44, 989–993 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10247
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Notes and Discussions

Comment on ’’Negative Kelvin temperatures: Some anomalies and a speculation’’
André‐Marie Tremblay
Am. J. Phys. 44, 994–995 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10248
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Remarks on Tykodi’s note on negative Kelvin temperatures
A. Danielian
Am. J. Phys. 44, 995 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10249
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Anomalies at negative Kelvin temperatures
Ray H. White
Am. J. Phys. 44, 996 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10250
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Negative Kelvin temperatures
R. J. Tykodi
Am. J. Phys. 44, 997–998 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10251
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Comments on ’’Lorentz transformations from the first postulate’’
Sukhbir Mahajan
Am. J. Phys. 44, 998–999 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10252
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Comment on ’’Lorentz transformations from the first postulate’’
Jose G. Vargas
Am. J. Phys. 44, 999–1000 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10253
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Response to ’’Comments on ’Lorentz transformations from the first postulate’ ’’
A. R. Lee; T. M. Kalotas
Am. J. Phys. 44, 1000–1002 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10231
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Comments on ’’A remark concerning weakly dispersive pulse propagation in lossy media’’
Robert A. Fisher
Am. J. Phys. 44, 1002–1005 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10232
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Response to ’’Comments on ’A remark concerning weakly dispersive pulse propagation in lossy media’ ’’
Dennis Rader
Am. J. Phys. 44, 1005 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10233
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Translational symmetry of space and the second law of motion
Sukhbir Mahajan
Am. J. Phys. 44, 1005–1006 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10234
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Another look at the vibrating string
Patricia M. Mooney
Am. J. Phys. 44, 1006–1007 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10550
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Limitation on the quantum‐mechanical extension of Baierlein’s entropy theorem
L. W. Bruch; M. Schick; R. L. Siddon
Am. J. Phys. 44, 1007–1008 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10551
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Using the ideal gas to illustrate the connection between the Clausius and Boltzmann definitions of entropy
David K. Nartonis
Am. J. Phys. 44, 1008–1009 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10254
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Drag force on highway vehicles
Gene I. Rochlin
Am. J. Phys. 44, 1010–1011 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10552
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Approximate treatment of experimental error
R. H. Good
Am. J. Phys. 44, 1011–1012 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10553
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Alpha scattering apparatus
P. J. Ouseph
Am. J. Phys. 44, 1012–1013 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10554
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A simple functional equation derivation of Maxwell’s gas velocity law
David H. Nash
Am. J. Phys. 44, 1013–1014 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10555
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On the center‐of‐mass offset of the moon
Robert E. Vermillion
Am. J. Phys. 44, 1014–1015 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10556
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Addendum: ’’Spin and photon echoes’’
D. C. Haueisen; Thomas D. Bonifield
Am. J. Phys. 44, 1015 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10255
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Erratum: ’’Quantum cyclotron’’
C. A. Sholl; N. H. Fletcher
Am. J. Phys. 44, 1015 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10601
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Erratum: ’’Use of Doppler‐shifted light beams to measure time during acceleration’’
Margaret S. Greenwood
Am. J. Phys. 44, 1015 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10602
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Apparatus Notes

A simple picoammeter with adjustable input potential
G. McClellan; R. Bard
Am. J. Phys. 44, 1016–1017 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10222
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Book Reviews

Energy: An Introduction to Physics by Robert H. Romer. Reviewer
David Hafemeister
Am. J. Phys. 44, 1018 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10223
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Musical Acoustics, Part I, edited by Carleen M. Hutchins. Reviewer
Robert H. Johns
Am. J. Phys. 44, 1018–1019 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10224
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Women in Science, Illustrated Interviews (special materials), produced by Dinah L. Moché. Reviewer
Laura M. Roth
Am. J. Phys. 44, 1020 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10225
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Film Reviews

The Kinematics of Vectors (film), produced by Manson Kennedy in collaboration with Lowell Herr. Reviewer
Gary R. Newby
Am. J. Phys. 44, 1021 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10226
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Skylab Film Series (film), edited by Thomas Campbell and Robert Fuller, produced by NASA. Reviewer
Howard Voss
Am. J. Phys. 44, 1021–1022 (1976) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10227
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All objects and some questions
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Online “Advanced Labs” in physics
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Quantum solutions for the delta ring and delta shell
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