Description |
xi, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Musings -- The Flettner Ship -- Why Do Rivers Meander? -- Experiments -- Michelson, Morley, and Eötvös Reinvented -- The Mass of the Electron -- Ampère's Molecular Currents -- The Velocity of Gas Reactions -- A Geodynamo Model? -- Light: Waves or Particles? -- Explaining Superconductivity -- Expert Opinions -- The Patent Office -- Gyrocompasses -- Mixing Tubes -- Hebeluftschiff -- Tungsten Wires for Incandescent Lamps -- Triodes for Amplification -- Sound Direction Ranging in Air and Water -- Prospecting for Ore and Water from a Dirigible -- Riveting Hammers and Pile Drivers -- Production of High-Pressure Gases -- "Electrophonic Piano" -- Aerial Stereophotography -- Magnetic Cores with Low Electric Conductivity -- Telescope for Daylight Observations of Phenomena near the Sun -- Makeup Mirror -- Balanced Tapered Bearing Rollers -- European Inventions -- The "Little Machine" (Maschinchen) -- Planimeter -- The Cat's Back Airfoil -- Compasses for Land, Sea, and Air -- Filtering Viruses -- Refrigerators in a Row -- Magnetostrictive Reproduction of Sound -- Hearing Aid -- American Inventions -- Altimeter -- Waterproof Breathable Clothes -- Heat-Insulating Vessel -- Liquid Filtering by Electrostatic Method -- Automatic Correction of Measured Data -- Airplane Horizon Indicator -- Electrostatic Microphone -- Fluid-Level Indicator -- Light-Intensity Self-Adjusting Camera -- Steel-Tape Recording -- Aircraft Speedometer -- Timer -- On the Threshold of the Manhattan Project -- Torpedoman Einstein. |
Subject |
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 -- Influence.
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Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955. |
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Inventions.
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Inventions. |
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Physics -- Experiments.
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Physics -- Experiments. |
ISBN |
9781421404578 hardback acid-free paper |
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1421404575 hardback acid-free paper |
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9781421405339 electronic |
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1421405334 electronic |
Standard No. |
40020695921 |
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