A Laboratory Course in Experimental Physics (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Loudon, W. J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330116690 ISBN 13 : 9781330116692

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

A Laboratory Course in Experimental Physics offers hands‑on instruction in classic measuring tools. This edition walks you through essential devices that help students read, compare, and analyze measurements with confidence.

You’ll learn practical techniques for using verniers, calipers, and the cathetometer, among other instruments. Clear explanations cover how these tools work, how to set up readings, and how to check accuracy with standard references. The book emphasizes careful method and how measurement choices affect results.

- Step‑by‑step guidance on reading verniers and making precise measurements
- How to use calipers to measure lengths and openings accurately
- How a cathetometer helps determine vertical distances between points
- Real‑world examples that connect instrument use to experimental outcomes

Ideal for readers pursuing hands‑on physics practice, this edition supports beginners and more experienced students alike as they build reliable measurement skills.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

ALTHOUGH text-books of practical physics are now fairly numerous, the demonstrators in physics of the University of Toronto appear to have found it impossible to adapt any of the existing ones to the requirements of their students. The same difficulty has been experienced in most English laboratories, partly on account of the diversity which exists between the apparatus of the various institutions, and partly because of the different aims of students working in them. Consequently nearly every laboratory possesses instruction-sheets, either in print or manuscript, which have in some instances been edited and issued in book form; the present volume is a case in point. The experiments described in the book are arranged in two courses, elementary and advanced, in the former of which weighing and measuring, light and heat, are included, while the advanced course consists of sound, advanced heat, electricity, and magnetism.
Some easy experiments in electricity and magnetism might have been included in the elementary course, otherwise the selection is a fairly good and useful one. The section on sound contains figures and descriptions of Helmholtz's and König's apparatus for various experiments, but many students’ laboratories in this country are, unfortunately, not equipped with large electrically-driven tuning-forks and chronographs. Experimental details are sometimes omitted; for example, in describing the use of the spectrometer as a goniometer, the student is not told how to focus the telescope and adjust the slit so as to obtain a parallel beam of light from the collimator. In the same experiment it is erroneously stated that the edge of the crystal must coincide with the axis of the instrument, whereas the two need only be parallel to each other if the collimator is properly adjusted.
Again, in calorimetric measurements, errors arising from radiation between the calorimeter and its surroundings are not very adequately discussed; the calorimeter is supposed in all experiments to alter its temperature at a uniform rate, and matters are so arranged that the mean between its initial and final temperatures is that of the atmosphere. In specific heat determinations a preliminary experiment is necessary in order to satisfy the latter condition, and the assumption of uniform rise of temperature is only approximately true, even when the body under experiment is a good conductor of heat. The book is printed in a bold, clear type, and its illustrations are good; it will be found a useful addition to the laboratory bookshelf.
–Philosophical Magazine

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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330116690
• ISBN 13: 9781330116692
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 322
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