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A sundial with hour lines portraying the Earth

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Joachim Heierli
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 87, 955–960 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0000033
Published: December 2019
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A call for more video abstracts

David P. Jackson
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 86, 485–486 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5039339
Published: July 2018
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Is the tautochrone curve unique?

Pedro Terra, Reinaldo de Melo e Souza, C. Farina
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 84, 917–923 (2016)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4963770
Published: December 2016
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A demonstration of the conservation of the orbital angular momentum of Earth

Leonardo J. Pellizza, Mariano G. Mayochi, Ligia Ciocci Brazzano, Susana E. Pedrosa
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 83, 1019–1027 (2015)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4932397
Published: December 2015
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The pendulum swings back in Einstein's favor; a comment on “The equivalence principle as a stepping stone from special to general relativity: A Socratic dialog” [Am. J. Phys. 74 , 22–25 (2006)]

Jeremy Bernstein
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 83, 376–377 (2015)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4904424
Published: April 2015
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Accurate physical laws can permit new standard units: The two laws F → = m a → and the proportionality of weight to mass

Wayne M. Saslow
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 82, 349–353 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4862967
Published: April 2014
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Synchronization of a thermoacoustic oscillator by an external sound source

G. Penelet, T. Biwa
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 81, 290–297 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4776189
Published: April 2013
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Eighteenth century treatment of a classical mechanic problem

Ledo Stefanini
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 80, 47–50 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3637745
Published: January 2012
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Demonstrations with a magnetically controlled pendulum

Yaakov Kraftmakher
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 78, 532–535 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3276412
Published: May 2010
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The longitude problem from the 1700s to today: An international and general education physics course

T. J. Bensky
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 78, 40–46 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3225922
Published: January 2010
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Atomic clocks and coherent population trapping: Experiments for undergraduate laboratories

Nathan Belcher, Eugeniy E. Mikhailov, Irina Novikova
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 77, 988–998 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3120262
Published: November 2009
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Approximations for the period of the simple pendulum based on the arithmetic-geometric mean

Claudio G. Carvalhaes, Patrick Suppes
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 76, 1150–1154 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2968864
Published: December 2008
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Two examples of circular motion for introductory courses in relativity

Stephanie Wortel, Shimon Malin, Mark D. Semon
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 75, 1123–1133 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2779883
Published: December 2007
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The equivalence principle as a stepping stone from special to general relativity: A Socratic dialog

S. P. Drake
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 74, 22–25 (2006)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2135316
Published: January 2006
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Perturbation of a classical oscillator: A variation on a theme of Huygens

Salvador Gil, Daniel E. Di Gregorio
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 74, 60–67 (2006)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2110549
Published: January 2006
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Quantum tunneling time

P. C. W. Davies
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 73, 23–27 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1810153
Published: January 2005
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The uncertainty principle for energy and time. II

Jan Hilgevoord
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 66, 396–402 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18880
Published: May 1998
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Christiaan Huygens’ discovery of the center of oscillation formula

Herman Erlichson
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 64, 571–574 (1996)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18156
Published: May 1996
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An ancient time machine: The Dial of Ahaz

Philip M. Sadler
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 63, 211–216 (1995)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17956
Published: March 1995
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Less is more: Experiments with an individual atomic particle at rest in free space

Hans Dehmelt
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 58, 17–27 (1990)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16314
Published: January 1990
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