Low pressure discharge lamps, filled with mercury or sodium, are commonly used for highways and tunnels illumination, especially against fog. A simple, low cost, monochromatic light source may be obtained by means a sodium lamp of this type. […]
An E.H.T. generator which may be used in all experiments and demonstrations instead of the old fashioned electrostatic machines is described. It has none of the drawbacks of the old machines and its design gives special attention to the safety of the operator. […]
This paper describes a simple method for measuring the heat developed by friction, in which a thermometer in used as a calorimetric device. […]
We describe, in this paper, a measurement of the density of air, using the equation of state for gases and Archimede’s law. […]
In this article radiant energy flux is measured referring the temperature of a small blackened body to the temperature of a similar reflecting body. The reliability of the method is checked using electric lamps of different power output. Then the apparatus is used for measuring the efficiency of a solar cell, […]
A very simple experiment allowing to measure π is presented. No particular equipment or theoretical knowledge is required. The experiment could be performed during one of the first laboratory activities in a physics course. […]
A simple electrolytic experiment suited to students’ practical work allows to find an approximate value for the charge of the electron in a relatively short time and without having to make sensitive direct measurements of mass with 1 mg scales, not easily found in school labs. […]