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Volume 51, Issue 11
November 1983
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

The Back Of The Envelope

New Problems
Edward M. Purcell
Am. J. Phys. 51, 970 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4755866
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Solutions to October Problems
Edward M. Purcell
Am. J. Phys. 51, 970 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4755867
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Papers

Formulation of dynamical equations of motion
Thomas R. Kane
Am. J. Phys. 51, 974–977 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13452
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Solitons in undergraduate laboratory
Alessandro Bettini; Tullio A. Minelli; Donatella Pascoli
Am. J. Phys. 51, 977–984 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13453
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Holographic detection of defects under the surface of solid objects
Thomas K. Hemmick; Jacob W. Huang; Yu Dong Song
Am. J. Phys. 51, 984–987 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13454
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Correct use of Maxwell stress equations for electric and magnetic fields
Oleg D. Jefimenko
Am. J. Phys. 51, 988–996 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13352
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Causality paradoxes and nonparadoxes: Classical superluminal signals and quantum measurements
T. M. Helliwell; D. A. Konkowski
Am. J. Phys. 51, 996–1003 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13351
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Measuring the speed of light by independent frequency and wavelength determination
Harry E. Bates
Am. J. Phys. 51, 1003–1008 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13358
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Optical correlations and spectra
Judith C. Brown
Am. J. Phys. 51, 1008–1011 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13359
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Physics education in China
Tian‐yi Shi
Am. J. Phys. 51, 1011–1014 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13360
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The extended Galilean transformation and the path integral
Barry R. Holstein
Am. J. Phys. 51, 1015–1016 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13361
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A simple mechanical model exhibiting a spontaneous symmetry breaking
Jean Sivardière
Am. J. Phys. 51, 1016–1018 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13362
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Weighing the Earth with a sextant
L. M. Celnikier
Am. J. Phys. 51, 1018–1020 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13363
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On the approach to electro‐ and magneto‐static equilibrium
Hans C. Ohanian
Am. J. Phys. 51, 1020–1022 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13364
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Experiments on magnetic repulsion
S. Defrancesco; V. Zanetti
Am. J. Phys. 51, 1023–1025 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13365
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Hybrid expansion and improved convergence: An example
John J. Dykla
Am. J. Phys. 51, 1026–1028 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13366
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Experimental observation of ionization waves
R. G. Gibson
Am. J. Phys. 51, 1028–1030 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13443
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High‐frequency magnetic measurements using small inductive probes
Peter Beiersdorfer; Eugène J. Clothiaux
Am. J. Phys. 51, 1031–1036 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13444
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Relativistic one‐dimensional hydrogen atom
I. Richard Lapidus
Am. J. Phys. 51, 1036–1038 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13445
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Early observations of negative pressures in liquids
George S. Kell
Am. J. Phys. 51, 1038–1041 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13353
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Notes and Discussions

Comment on ‘‘quark confinement and the Dirac equation’’
M. G. Olsson
Am. J. Phys. 51, 1042–1043 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13354
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Steady‐state temperature solution for the Joule heating of a conducting medium
John H. Young; William J. Atkinson; Ivan A. Brezovich
Am. J. Phys. 51, 1043–1045 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13355
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Equilibria of tipping rocks
Hilliard K. Macomber
Am. J. Phys. 51, 1045–1046 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13356
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The thermal spring revisited
Leonard M. Salzarulo
Am. J. Phys. 51, 1046–1048 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13357
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An improved multichannel analyzer–microcomputer interface
Mark Mildebrath; Sam Cipolla
Am. J. Phys. 51, 1048–1049 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13446
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The first lecture on entropy
P. A. Smith
Am. J. Phys. 51, 1049 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13447
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Note on radiant energy transfer
Sardar Singh
Am. J. Phys. 51, 1050 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13448
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Apparatus Notes

Solving dielectric problems with an electrolytic tank
Daniel Cousins; P. D. Scholten
Am. J. Phys. 51, 1051–1052 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13449
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An experiment on sound in an enclosure
H. L. Armstrong
Am. J. Phys. 51, 1052–1053 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13450
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Book Reviews

POST‐USE REVIEW: Astronomy: From the Earth to the Universe
Jay M. Pasachoff; Laurence A. Marschall
Am. J. Phys. 51, 1054–1055 (1983) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13451
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