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Volume 36, Issue 4
April 1998
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ISSN 0031-921X
EISSN 1943-4928

Letters to the Editor

About the average speed
D. Skaltsas
Phys. Teach. 36, 196 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880032
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Photondrops in 1725
Glenn M. Julian
Phys. Teach. 36, 196 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880033
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Point
Tom Rogers
Phys. Teach. 36, 196–197 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880034
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Counterpoint
Philip Sadler; Robert Tai
Phys. Teach. 36, 197–198 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880035
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Does interferometer monitor thickness or optical-path variations?
Pietro Ferraro
Phys. Teach. 36, 198 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880036
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Blocks and bullets demo
A. John Mallinckrodt
Phys. Teach. 36, 198–199 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880037
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Cowley, Holton, Horton comment
George K. Horton
Phys. Teach. 36, 199 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880038
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Editorial

Misconceptions for grown-ups
Clifford E. Swartz
Phys. Teach. 36, 200 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880039
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AAPT Awards

Distinguished Service Citations awarded to Joe H. Pifer, Dwight E. Neuenschwander, Mary Beth Monroe, Ralph Bierlein, Harold Lefcourt, and Paul Lane
Robert C. Hilborn
Phys. Teach. 36, 202–203 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1527510
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Articles

A student project on wind chimes. Tuning in to standing waves
G. William Baxter; Keith M. Hagenbuch
Phys. Teach. 36, 204–208 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880040
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Giant magnetoresistance sensors
Daniel Lottis; Christopher Baker; Heather Pounds
Phys. Teach. 36, 216–221 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880045
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Notes

Hollow-tube chimes
D. L. R. Oliver
Phys. Teach. 36, 209–210 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880041
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Kepler’s third law: Equal volumes in equal times
Manfred Bucher
Phys. Teach. 36, 212–214 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880043
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Drawing forces
Ed van den Berg; Cor van Huis
Phys. Teach. 36, 222–223 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880046
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Electrical analog to projectile motion
Mark Vondracek
Phys. Teach. 36, 224 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880047
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Celebrating a centennial—Leo Szilárd (1898–1964)
Arthur Stinner
Phys. Teach. 36, 234–235 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880051
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Computer technologies and the phenomenon of refraction
Michel Helfgott
Phys. Teach. 36, 236–238 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880052
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Feeling the physics of linear motion
Christopher Bracikowski; Doug Bowman; Karen Brown; Russ Madara
Phys. Teach. 36, 242–243 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880053
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Back to the physics: Integration by Gauss
Jerry Sullivan
Phys. Teach. 36, 244–248 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880054
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Ultrasonic interferometers
Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr.; Joshua A. Mason
Phys. Teach. 36, 249–252 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880028
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Trick of the Trade

Specific heats–direct, quick, and simple
Colin Terry
Phys. Teach. 36, 214 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880044
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Apparatus for Teaching Physics

A laboratory air-supply system
Chuck Crawford
Phys. Teach. 36, 228–230 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880048
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Using the sound board as an analog-to-digital card
Kirk Hansen; Mark Harnetiaux; Peter B. Siegel
Phys. Teach. 36, 231–232 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880049
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Figuring Physics

Life preservers
Paul Hewitt
Phys. Teach. 36, 240 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1527511
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Physics Trick of the Month

The tabletops illusion
Martin Gardner
Phys. Teach. 36, 252 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1527512
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Book Reviews

Invention by design, by Henry Petroski
Chris Emery
Phys. Teach. 36, 253 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880029
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Galileo: His science and his significance for the future of man, by Albert DiCanzio
Robert Gardner
Phys. Teach. 36, 253 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880030
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How Things Work

The first mechanical clock and its primitive escapement
H. Richard Crane
Phys. Teach. 36, 254–255 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880031
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A “Perpetual Motion Machine” Powered by Electromagnetism
Hollis Williams
Values Reflected in Energy-Related Physics Concepts
Kara E. Gray, Rachel E. Scherr
A simple method to estimate Q for a damped oscillation
Rod Cross
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