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Volume 47, Issue 5
May 1979
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

Editorial

Editorial: Letters to the Editor
John S. Rigden
Am. J. Phys. 47, 391 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1807213
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Papers

Contemporary American physics fiction
Alan J. Friedman
Am. J. Phys. 47, 392–395 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11804
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Bode’s law and the ’’missing moons’’ of Saturn
Leslie J. Tomley
Am. J. Phys. 47, 396–398 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11805
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Spin and uncertainty in the interpretation of quantum mechanics
David Hestenes
Am. J. Phys. 47, 399–415 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11806
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A windmill’s theoretical maximum extraction of power from the wind
David Rittenhouse Inglis
Am. J. Phys. 47, 416–420 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11807
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Intrinsic angular momentum of light
Vincent Santarelli
Am. J. Phys. 47, 421–424 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11808
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Equivalence of Einstein’s 1925 unified field theory and his relativistic theory of the nonsymmetric field
Coates R. Johnson
Am. J. Phys. 47, 425 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11809
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Inexpensive time‐of‐flight velocity measurements
Glen E. Everett; R. L. Wild
Am. J. Phys. 47, 426–428 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11810
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Demonstration of dispersive effects
E. E. Kunhardt; R. C. Cross
Am. J. Phys. 47, 429–430 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11811
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Rigidly connected accelerated clocks
Carlo Giannoni; O/yvind Gro/n
Am. J. Phys. 47, 431–435 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11812
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Elementary treatment of some difficulties in the construction of irreducible representations of the rotation group in terms of products of the spin‐1/2 representation
J. M. Daniels
Am. J. Phys. 47, 436–439 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11813
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Electrostatic problems? Relax!
M. DiStasio; W. C. McHarris
Am. J. Phys. 47, 440–444 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11802
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Multichannel analyzer built from a microcomputer
C. D. Spencer; P. Mueller
Am. J. Phys. 47, 445–449 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11803
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Demonstration of reduced gas pressure in a centrifugal field
Fred Fischer; R. L. Wild
Am. J. Phys. 47, 450–451 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11814
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Analytical and numerical solution of the Schrödinger equation for a surface potential barrier including spin‐orbit interaction
M. M. Moya; J. S. Helman
Am. J. Phys. 47, 452–456 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11815
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Magnetic multipole expansions using the scalar potential
C. G. Gray
Am. J. Phys. 47, 457–459 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11816
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Two‐capacitor problem: A more realistic view
R. A. Powell
Am. J. Phys. 47, 460–462 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11817
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Notes and Discussions

Combinatorial rules for batteries
David H. Current
Am. J. Phys. 47, 463 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11570
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Jacobians and curvilinear metrics
Tim Chapman
Am. J. Phys. 47, 463 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11818
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Determination of ultrasonic velocity in liquids using optical diffraction by short acoustic pulses
Sanjeev Chadda; S. P. Mallikarjun Rao
Am. J. Phys. 47, 464–465 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11571
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On Euler’s theorem on rigid‐body motion
Germano Brago Rego
Am. J. Phys. 47, 466 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11572
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Range of a projectile
H. Van Dael; H. Bert
Am. J. Phys. 47, 466 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11573
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Depletion of nonrenewable resources
L. David Roper
Am. J. Phys. 47, 467–468 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11574
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Erratum:’’Construction and use of an astronomy test item file’’ [Am. J. Phys. 46, 914 (1978)]
Lawrence E. Turner, Jr.
Am. J. Phys. 47, 469 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11990
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Apparatus Notes

Demonstration of eddy current forces
W. T. Doyle; R. Gibson
Am. J. Phys. 47, 470 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11893
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Two component exponential decay experiment
Joseph L. Powlette
Am. J. Phys. 47, 471 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11894
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Distance measurement with a spectrometer
J. B. Holmes; R. M. Morgan; Robert King
Am. J. Phys. 47, 472 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11895
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Pressure‐volume relations of a real gas
Richard H. Karas; Sumner P. Davis
Am. J. Phys. 47, 473 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11896
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Improved light bulb x‐ray tube
Glen Spielbauer
Am. J. Phys. 47, 474 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11897
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Letters To The Editor

Engineering electronics
Glen Spielbauer
Am. J. Phys. 47, 475 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11795
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Tuning the ill‐tempered clavier
James Boyk
Am. J. Phys. 47, 475 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11796
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Book Reviews

The Scientific Imagination: Case Studies
Gerald Holton; Daniel M. Siegel
Am. J. Phys. 47, 476 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11797
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Electrical Interactions in Molecular Biophysics
Raymond Gabler; Patrick Argos
Am. J. Phys. 47, 477 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11798
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POST−USE REVIEW: Physics
Paul Tipler; Dwight H. Damon
Am. J. Phys. 47, 478–479 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11799
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Film Reviews

No Act of God (film)
National Film Board of Canada Producer; Edward H. Klevans
Am. J. Phys. 47, 480 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11800
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Solar Energy: Unlimited Power (film)
Montage Film Distributor; Theodore H. Ansbacher
Am. J. Phys. 47, 480 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11801
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