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Volume 55, Issue 7
July 1987
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

Letters To The Editor

Continental classroom remembered
Calvin S. Kalman
Am. J. Phys. 55, 583 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15083
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The current challenge: Introductory physics
E. G. Sharkoff
Am. J. Phys. 55, 583 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15084
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Introductory physics
Jonathan Reichert
Am. J. Phys. 55, 583–584 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15085
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Introductory physics
Marcelo Alonso
Am. J. Phys. 55, 584 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15086
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How or why?
Kenneth S. Mendelson
Am. J. Phys. 55, 584 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15087
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The first digit distribution law
Jonathan Thornburg
Am. J. Phys. 55, 584 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15088
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Pi in the sky
N. David Mermin
Am. J. Phys. 55, 584–585 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15089
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Comments on the Lo/Lonc paper
Guy Faucher
Am. J. Phys. 55, 585 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15068
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Comment on ‘‘Probability theory in quantum mechanics’’ [L.E. Ballentine, Am. J. Phys. 54, 883 (1986)]
Lazar Mayants
Am. J. Phys. 55, 585 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15090
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Editorial

Editorial: The American Journal of Physics and its editor
John S. Rigden
Am. J. Phys. 55, 587 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15069
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Papers

Resource Letter MA‐2: Musical acoustics
Thomas D. Rossing
Am. J. Phys. 55, 589–601 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15070
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Thermal efficiency at maximum work output: New results for old heat engines
Harvey S. Leff
Am. J. Phys. 55, 602–610 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15071
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Why are resonant frequencies sometimes defined in terms of zero reactance?
J. Duane Dudley; William J. Strong
Am. J. Phys. 55, 610–613 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15072
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The momentum of a transverse wave
P. Stehle
Am. J. Phys. 55, 613–615 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15073
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Whatever happened to Maxwell?
C. Gregory Hood
Am. J. Phys. 55, 616–618 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15074
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The precession of simple pendulum orbits
D. L. Livesey
Am. J. Phys. 55, 618–621 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15075
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Two laboratory experiments involving the homopolar generator
R. D. Eagleton
Am. J. Phys. 55, 621–623 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15076
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A simple rainbow hologram for college optics laboratory project
Hsuan Chen; Ricardo Pastor, Jr.
Am. J. Phys. 55, 623–627 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15077
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An expectation value formulation of the perturbed Kepler problem
Lorenzo J. Curtis; Roger R. Haar; Martin Kummer
Am. J. Phys. 55, 627–631 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15078
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Time‐of‐flight measurement of the speed of light using a laser and a low‐voltage Pöckels‐cell modulator
F. D. Becchetti; K. C. Harvey; B. J. Schwartz; M. L. Shapiro
Am. J. Phys. 55, 632–634 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15079
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A note on velocity modulation
Karl E. Lonngren
Am. J. Phys. 55, 634–636 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15091
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Microwave measurements of a fluorescent lamp plasma
Amy Ffield; Richard Wolfson
Am. J. Phys. 55, 637–641 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15316
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The human body’s response to glucose and three physical models
Michael J. Ruiz
Am. J. Phys. 55, 641–645 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15092
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Using videotapes to study underdamped motion of a pendulum: A laboratory project
Margaret Stautberg Greenwood
Am. J. Phys. 55, 645–648 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15093
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Fractal geometry in crumpled paper balls
M. A. F. Gomes
Am. J. Phys. 55, 649–650 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15094
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An undergraduate experiment on statistics and errors using a radioactive source and a microcomputer
Ernie McFarland; Innes MacKenzie; Robert Stone
Am. J. Phys. 55, 650–653 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15315
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Neutron irradiation of a NaI(Tl) crystal
J. I. Rhode
Am. J. Phys. 55, 653–657 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15065
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Notes and Discussions

Two glider ultrasonic ranging module interface for the Apple IIe
William P. Crummett; Arthur B. Western
Am. J. Phys. 55, 658–659 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15067
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Locating the extraordinary ray
G. P. Sastry; Krishna Kumar; S. Chakrabarty
Am. J. Phys. 55, 659–661 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15041
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Apparatus Notes

Demonstration of normal modes in a waveguide
Thomas B. Gabrielson
Am. J. Phys. 55, 662–664 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15042
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Note on an apparatus for Young’s modulus measurement
J. Flores‐Maldonado; S. Galindo; H. Jiménez‐Domínguez
Am. J. Phys. 55, 664–665 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15043
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Demonstrating phase detection techniques using ultrasonic transducers
John W. Jewett, Jr.
Am. J. Phys. 55, 665–666 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15044
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Standing longitudinal waves
P. J. Ouseph
Am. J. Phys. 55, 666–667 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15045
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Interfacing the PASCO simple harmonic motion apparatus to a microcomputer
Lee E. Larson
Am. J. Phys. 55, 667–668 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15046
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Book Reviews

A History of Vector Analysis. The Evolution of the Idea of a Vectorial System
Michael J. Crowe; Craig G. Fraser
Am. J. Phys. 55, 669 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15047
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Was Einstein Right?
Clifford M. Will; Hans C. Ohanian
Am. J. Phys. 55, 669–670 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15048
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Physics of Waves
William C. Elmore; Mark A. Heald; Thomas D. Rossing
Am. J. Phys. 55, 670–671 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15049
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Detecting gravitational waves with light
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Online “Advanced Labs” in physics
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