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Volume 50, Issue 5
May 1982
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

Letters To The Editor

Re: Editorial of October 1981
Robert J. Swenson; Gerald F. Wheeler
Am. J. Phys. 50, 391 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13077
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Teaching versus research
H. L. Armstrong
Am. J. Phys. 50, 391 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13078
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Papers

Did Millikan observe fractional charges on oil drops?
William M. Fairbank, Jr.; Allan Franklin
Am. J. Phys. 50, 394–397 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13079
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The hot chocolate effect
Frank S. Crawford
Am. J. Phys. 50, 398–404 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13080
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Measurement of spectral line splittings with a scanning, student‐grade, Fabry–Perot interferometer
Arthur G. Zajonc
Am. J. Phys. 50, 404–406 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12824
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Fluctuations in light beams: A simple student experiment
R. P. Wolf; P. P. Crooker
Am. J. Phys. 50, 406–409 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12825
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What Ampère could have done: A simple demonstration of the Biot–Savart and magnetic force laws
Milton O. Peach; Leland K. Shirely
Am. J. Phys. 50, 410–414 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12826
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Electromagnetic momentum introduced simply
B. R. Casserberg
Am. J. Phys. 50, 415–416 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12827
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Backscattering of light from a water droplet: The glory effect
P. Gillis; C. Deleuze; V. P. Henri; J. M. Lesceux
Am. J. Phys. 50, 416–421 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12828
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Discussion of ’’vorticity and rotation’’
D. J. Tritton
Am. J. Phys. 50, 421–424 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12829
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Use of interactive exhibits in college physics teaching
Rob Semper; Judy Diamond; Mark St. John
Am. J. Phys. 50, 425–430 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13072
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Dynamical stability and potential energy
Leon Blitzer
Am. J. Phys. 50, 431–434 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13073
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Transformation of directions between laboratory and center‐of‐mass reference frames
S. Margulies
Am. J. Phys. 50, 434–437 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13074
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Spreading of a free wave packet
Hai‐Woong Lee
Am. J. Phys. 50, 438–440 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13075
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Study of eddy currents in a cylindrical wire: an undergraduate laboratory experiment
J. R. Gosselin; P. Rochon; N. Gauthier
Am. J. Phys. 50, 440–443 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13076
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Site‐by‐site Madelung energies in semi‐infinitive NaCl
William A. Schwalm
Am. J. Phys. 50, 444–447 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12830
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Undergraduate laboratory experiment to measure the threshold of vision
H. W. White; P. E. Chumbley; R. L. Berney; V. H. Barredo
Am. J. Phys. 50, 448–450 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12831
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Measurement and analysis of large‐angle pendulum motion
S. C. Zilio
Am. J. Phys. 50, 450–452 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12832
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One‐dimensional hydrogen molecule revisited
I. Richard Lapidus
Am. J. Phys. 50, 453–456 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12833
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Notes and Discussions

Anomalous energy straggling of alpha particles
R. M. Prior; A. A. Rollefson
Am. J. Phys. 50, 457–459 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12834
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Note on the experimental determination of Coulomb’s law
Jibayo Akinrimisi
Am. J. Phys. 50, 459–460 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12835
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Pauli’s 1924 note on hyperfine structure
Lanfranco Belloni
Am. J. Phys. 50, 461–464 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12836
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Properly used ’’aliasing’’ can give better resolution from fewer points in Fourier transform spectroscopy
Y. D’Astous; M. Blanchard
Am. J. Phys. 50, 464–465 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12837
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Some elementary energy questions and (wrong) answers
R. A. Ristinen
Am. J. Phys. 50, 466–467 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12838
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Skyhook: Another space construction project
Konrad E. Ebisch
Am. J. Phys. 50, 467–469 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12839
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Apparatus Notes

Optoelectronic version of the ’’monkey‐and‐hunter’’ demonstration
B. Stahlberg; E. Pesonen
Am. J. Phys. 50, 470–471 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12840
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Classroom tightrope walking
Robert B. Prigo
Am. J. Phys. 50, 471–473 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13071
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Simple light scattering demonstration
R. M. Price; K. M. Parrish
Am. J. Phys. 50, 473–474 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12841
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Book Reviews

Concise Dictionary of Scientific Biography and Asimov’s Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
I. Asimov; American Council of Learned Societies; Robert H. Romer
Am. J. Phys. 50, 475–476 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13058
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Albert Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity: Emergence (1905) and Early Interpretation (1905–1911)
Arthur I. Miller; James T. Cushing
Am. J. Phys. 50, 476 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13068
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Film Reviews

Film Reviews
John Dowling, Jr.
Am. J. Phys. 50, 478–480 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4766301
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Resolution on Saturn (film)
Stephen C. Danford; Robert Muir
Am. J. Phys. 50, 479–480 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13069
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Hans Bethe: A Prophet of Energy (film)
Michael Blackwood; John Dowling
Am. J. Phys. 50, 480 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13070
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