Fall 2004
Brad Marston
marston@physics.brown.edu Wed 9/8 One audio/VGA cable to be used with His laptop projected. Fri 9/10 sun bulb on variac Wein's law Mon 9/13 repeat sun bulb on variac Wein's law 9/20 - 9/25 He is away at a conference. His wife will teach. Wed 9/22 Librarian Fri 9/24 His Wife. Wed 9/29 Terminal Velocity · Leaf blower on a variac, beach ball, tennis ball, sand-filled tennis ball. Fri 10/1 Cloud chamber with pitch blend overnight outgassed. Mon 10/4 Feynman Video #6 Probability and uncertainty. Wed 10/6 SPI DSI Electron Waves Fri 10/8 nothing. Next demos Boyle's law, line spectra Later on entropy; Unmixing. Wed. 10/13 "Bike generator" and "Mechanical equivalent of heat". Fri 10/15 Charles' Law Boyle's Law Stirling engines, both hot and cold. Do not start them at the start of class. He will get them going later in the class. Mon 10/18 no demo Wed. 10/20 Osmosis (Diffusion through dialysis tubing). Fri 10/22 no demo Mon 10/25 Na Flames in room 166 or 168 Line spectra emission Osmosis Wed. 10/27 Three bouncy demos: Archimedes, block and newton scale, density blocks. Fri 10/29 Convection: use solar cell convection. Mon 11/1 No demos!! Coriolis stuff on Fri. The list of Coriolis demos he used last year. Foucault pendulum Turntable and ball. Black slate globe and small pendulum. Foucault on OHP. I'd like to postpone all the coriolis demos till next Friday. No demos for Monday. Thanks. Let's decide next week where to do the Foucault pendulum. If it looks like it will be too difficult to do it in 153, just plan on doing it in 166. Wed. 11/3 No demo Fri 11/5 Foucault pendulum Turntable and ball. Black slate globe and small pendulum. Foucault on OHP. Mon 11/8 Fluid rotation without thermal gradiant. Fri 11/12 Fluid rotation with cold center and hot rim in room 145. Use Dry ice and alcohol. Do not disturb in any way or stop it once going. Mon 11/22 Fluid rotation with cold center and hot rim in room 145. Use Dry ice and alcohol. Do not disturb in any way or stop it once going. Mon 11/29 Adjustable single slit SFH at 2:20 Home made p and n type hall probes. humphrey's boule of silicon. |