Experimental Harmonic Motion: A Manual For The Laboratory (Cambridge Physical)
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Illustrated, 5/8/2014
EAN 9781107650459, ISBN10: 1107650453
Paperback, 104 pages, 21.6 x 14 x 0.5 cm
Language: English
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.
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.