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Experimental Harmonic Motion

Experimental Harmonic Motion

Experimental Harmonic Motion

A Manual for the Laboratory
G. F. C. Searle
May 2014
Paperback
9781107650459
$29.99
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Paperback

    George Frederick Charles Searle (1864–1954) was a British physicist who worked at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge for 55 years. Originally published in 1915, this book presents an account of the principles of harmonic motion and their application in a laboratory environment. Illustrative figures are incorporated throughout. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in physics, mechanics, the history of science and the history of education.

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    May 2014
    Paperback
    9781107650459
    104 pages
    216 × 140 × 6 mm
    0.14kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • 1. Elementary theory of harmonic motion
    • 2. Experimental work in harmonic motion
    • Experiment 1. Determination of g by a simple pendulum
    • Experiment 2. Harmonic motion of a body suspended by a spring
    • Experiment 3. Harmonic motion of a rigid body suspended by a torsion wire
    • Experiment 4. Study of a system with variable moment of inertia
    • Experiment 5. Dynamical determination of ratio of couple to twist for a torsion wire
    • Experiment 6. Comparison of the moments of inertia of two bodies
    • Experiment 7. Experiment with a pair of inertia bars
    • Experiment 8. Determination of the moment of inertia of a rigid pendulum
    • Experiment 9. Experiment on a pendulum with variable moment of inertia
    • Experiment 10. Determination of g by a rigid pendulum
    • Experiment 11. Pendulum on a yielding support
    • Experiment 12. Determination of the radius of curvature of a concave mirror by the oscillations of a sphere rolling in it
    • Experiment 13. Determination of g by the oscillations of a rod rolling on a cylinder
    • Experiment 14. Study of a vibrating system with two degrees of freedom
    • Note 1. On the vibration of a body suspended from a light spring
    • Note 2. Periodic time of a pendulum vibrating through a finite arc
    • Note 3. Periodic time for finite motion
    • Note 4. Periodic times of a pendulum with two degrees of freedom.
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    • G. F. C. Searle