Laboratory Exercises To Accompany Carhart And Chutes First Principles Of Physics Classic Reprint

Author : Horatio N. Chute
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330095508
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (955 download)

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Download or read book A Laboratory Guide written by Horatio N. Chute and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Laboratory Guide: To Accompany Carhart and Chute's First Principles of Physics The purpose of the laboratory study of Physics is not one of discovery, neither is it one of verification of physical laws. Most, physical truths, tested by the laboratory evidence gathered by the average beginner, would be judged as false. Some reason must be found for the laboratory's existence other than that of the "student's reading Nature in the light of experiment." Its right to exist is to be found rather in its effectiveness in cultivating right habits of work, in its demand for, system, care, and accuracy on the part of the pupil. The value of the laboratory must depend in no small measure on the character of the problems proposed, as well as on the manner of solving them. Not many qualitative exercises are adapted to securing the results mentioned above, and many quantitive ones involve skill beyond the reach of the beginner. Still others fail to interest him because of their uselessness as he sees it, or because of their wearisome details. In this Guide it has been the authors aim to choose such problems as his experience has shown to be within the range of the beginner's skill. They are not so tedious as to wear out the pupils interest, nor so difficult as to discourage him, nor are they of such a character as to demand apparatus beyond the pocketbook of the school. The problems presented have been found to interest boys and girls alike, and the methods presented have in their hands yielded satisfactory results. These problems also illustrate many of the methods of modern Physics, the processes by which the science has grown to its present splendid attainments. 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.