Elements Of Physical Manipulation Part 1 PDF Download

Excerpt from Elements of Physical Manipulation, Vol. 1 The rapid spread of the Laboratory System of teaching Physics, both in this country and abroad, seems to render imperative the demand for a special text-book, to be used by the student. To meet this want the present work has been prepared, based on the experience gained in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology during the past four years. The preliminary chapter is devoted to general methods of investigation, and the more common applications of the mathematics to the discussion of results. The graphical method does not seem to have attracted the attention it deserves; it is accordingly compared here with the analytical method. Some new developments of it are moreover inserted. It is of fundamental importance that the student should clearly understand how to deal with his observations, and reduce them, and that he should be familiar with the various kinds of errors present in all physical experiments. A short description is also given of the various methods of measuring distances, time and weights, which, in fact, form the basis of all physical investigation. This chapter is intended as the ground-work of a short course of lectures, given to the students before they begin their work in the laboratory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.