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Labs in Volume 1You can find information about specific labs from this page (it also serves as a table of contents for those wondering what's in the book). Counting by WeightMeasuring ParagraphsCars on the StreetRolling Down RampsOn page 59, we talk briefly about the mechanics of a real sphere rolling down a track. A recent article treats this phenomenon in detail. Read: Niculescu, Adam. 2006. A Rolling Sphere Experiment. The Physics Teacher (44) p 157. (March 2006). AAPT. PendulumThe Hanging SlinkyWe have posted a solution as promised. For ease of posting, it's in a blog. The blog is really intended for math folks, but you can handle that,right? Normal ForceSloppy Teeter TotterFalling BalloonsThis lab is conceptually very close to the Atwood's Machine. Here is a link to really interesting site about apparatus (http://physics.kenyon.edu/EarlyApparatus/) where you can find information on the original Atwood's machines, and even Rev George Atwood (1746–1807) himself! (click here) Cooling WaterWater in the MicrowaveOhms Law, Constant VoltageResistivitySlinky Standing WavesDiffraction and Wavelength |
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