• The absolute measurement of electrical capacities 

    Shackelford, Benjamin Estill, 1891- (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 

    Walters, Francis Marion, Jr. (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 ...