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Volume 53, Issue 7

July 1985

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ISSN 0002-9505

EISSN 1943-2909

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Letters To The Editor
Editorial
Search for Simplicity
Papers
Notes and Discussions
Apparatus Notes
Book Reviews

Letters To The Editor

The Back of the Envelope

Edward M. Purcell

Am. J. Phys. 53, 615 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14264

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More on Thomson’s particles

H. Aspden

Am. J. Phys. 53, 616 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14266

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On the magnetic induction field of an ideal solenoid

Walter Hauser

Am. J. Phys. 53, 616 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14267

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Achromaticity and the generalized prism dispersion theory

Frank Duarte

Am. J. Phys. 53, 615–616 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14265

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Editorial

Editorial: Let’s reinstitute the summer institute—for free!

John S. Rigden

Am. J. Phys. 53, 617 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14268

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Search for Simplicity

Search for Simplicity: The size of molecules revisited

Victor F. Weisskopf

Am. J. Phys. 53, 618–619 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14269

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Papers

de Mora Luminis: A spectacle in two acts with a prologue and an epilogue

Andrzej Wróblewski

Am. J. Phys. 53, 620–630 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14270

Abstract

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Microcomputer spreadsheet programs in the physics laboratory

Richard Feinberg; Max Knittel

Am. J. Phys. 53, 631–634 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14271

Abstract

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Cardboard star finder

E. L. Holverson

Am. J. Phys. 53, 634–637 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14272

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Ideal ballistic trajectories revisited

H. A. Buckmaster

Am. J. Phys. 53, 638–641 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14273

Abstract

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Compton effect as a double Doppler shift

Richard Kidd; James Ardini; Anatol Anton

Am. J. Phys. 53, 641–644 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14274

Abstract

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Picture of an essential singularity

J. M. Daniels

Am. J. Phys. 53, 645–648 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14275

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Vortex flow and maximum principles

Hans J. Lugt

Am. J. Phys. 53, 649–653 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14276

Abstract

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Old quantum mechanics and perturbation theory

Jean Sivardière; Elie Belorizky

Am. J. Phys. 53, 653–655 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14277

Abstract

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Fourth component of relativistic forces

Paul Stephas

Am. J. Phys. 53, 656–657 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14278

Abstract

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Simple laboratory demonstration of the Doppler shift of laser light

T. D. Nichols; D. C. Harrison; S. S. Alpert

Am. J. Phys. 53, 657–660 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14279

Abstract

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Measuring the active gravitational mass of a moving object

D. W. Olson; R. C. Guarino

Am. J. Phys. 53, 661–663 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14280

Abstract

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Simple examples of correlations in error propagation

John R. Taylor

Am. J. Phys. 53, 663–667 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14281

Abstract

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Energy balance in the superposition of light waves with lossless beam splitters

F. Pi; G. Orriols

Am. J. Phys. 53, 667–670 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14282

Abstract

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Galloping waves and their relativistic properties

William G. Harter; John Evans; Roberto Vega; Sanford Wilson

Am. J. Phys. 53, 671–679 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14283

Abstract

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Illustration of resonances and the law of exponential decay in a simple quantum‐mechanical problem

Herbert Massmann

Am. J. Phys. 53, 679–683 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14284

Abstract

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Diagnosis and remediation of an alternative conception of velocity using a microcomputer program

Peter W. Hewson

Am. J. Phys. 53, 684–690 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14285

Abstract

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Spontaneous symmetry breaking in a simple mechanical model

J. R. Drugowich de Felício; Oscar Hipólito

Am. J. Phys. 53, 690–693 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14286

Abstract

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Notes and Discussions

Precession of Kepler’s orbit

H. X. Jiang; J. Y. Lin

Am. J. Phys. 53, 694–695 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14287

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Apparatus Notes

Accurate experiment for measuring the ratio of specific heats of gases using an accelerometer

J. L. Hunt

Am. J. Phys. 53, 696–697 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14288

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Book Reviews

Cosmic Discovery

Martin Harwit; Jeff Nicoll

Am. J. Phys. 53, 698–699 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14411

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Foundations of Laser Spectroscopy

Stig Stenhold; Allister I. Ferguson

Am. J. Phys. 53, 699 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14289

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Ideals and Realities

A. Salam; Z. Hassan; C. H. Lai; S. Leonard Dart

Am. J. Phys. 53, 700 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14290

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Photographic Science

Earl N. Mitchell; Dieter Brill

Am. J. Phys. 53, 700–701 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14291

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Dynamics

S. Neil Rasband; Martin Olsson

Am. J. Phys. 53, 701 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14396

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Partial Differential Equations for Scientists and Engineers

Stanley J. Farlow; Stephen F. Becker

Am. J. Phys. 53, 702 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14292

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Partial Differential Equations of Applied Mathematics

Erich Zauderer; Stephen F. Becker

Am. J. Phys. 53, 702–703 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14293

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