Browsing Department of Physics and Astronomy (MU) by Thesis Semester "1913"
Now showing items 1-2 of 2
-
The absolute measurement of electrical capacities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)Of the various methods in use at the present time for the absolute measurement of electrical capacities in electromagnetic units, none give the satisfaction desired. Only two of these methods are in common use and they ... -
The acceleration of gravity : an absolute determination with a Kater's pendulum for Columbia, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was the first to question the assertion of Aristotle that bodies fall with velocities proportional to their weights. He dramatically refuted this Aristotelian doctrine by dropping from the Tower ...