Reviving the Gilley Board: Measuring the Index of Refraction of Water

Reviving the Gilley Board: Measuring the Index of Refraction of Water

Apparatus catalogues of the first half of the 20th century contain a number of clever and simple devices for measuring the index of refraction of a liquid. In some cases students can put together one of these pieces of apparatus and then make their own measurements. The Gilley board was one of the d...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Physics teacher 2021-01, Vol.59 (1), p.60-61
1. Verfasser: Greenslade, Thomas B.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Introductory Courses
Measurement Techniques
Physics
Science Experiments
Science Instruction
Teaching Methods
Water
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Zusammenfassung:Apparatus catalogues of the first half of the 20th century contain a number of clever and simple devices for measuring the index of refraction of a liquid. In some cases students can put together one of these pieces of apparatus and then make their own measurements. The Gilley board was one of the devices that caught my eye, and I would like to recall it for the use of modern teachers of introductory physics.
ISSN:0031-921X
1943-4928
DOI:10.1119/10.0003021