| Introduction |
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6 | (1) |
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7 | (3) |
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Before You Begin: Some Suggestions |
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10 | (1) |
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10 | (2) |
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12 | (3) |
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Chapter One A Simple Machine: The Lever |
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Experiment 1 A First-Class Lever |
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Experiment 2 Work, Force, And Friction |
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20 | (3) |
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Experiment 3 Levers And A Law |
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23 | (3) |
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Experiment 4 An Unequal-Arm Lever |
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26 | (2) |
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Experiment 5 A Second-Class Lever |
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28 | (3) |
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Experiment 6 Your Center Of Mass |
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31 | (6) |
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Experiment 7 A Third-Class Lever |
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37 | (3) |
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Experiment 8 The Lever As A Sensitive Balance |
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40 | (3) |
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Chapter Two Other Simple Machines |
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43 | (15) |
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Experiment 9 The Wheel And Axle |
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43 | (4) |
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Experiment 10 The Inclined Plane |
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47 | (2) |
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49 | (4) |
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53 | (2) |
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Experiment 13 The Screw Or Bolt |
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55 | (3) |
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Chapter Three The Friction Phenomenon |
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58 | (10) |
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Experiment 14 Walking Friction |
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58 | (3) |
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Experiment 15 Measuring Friction |
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61 | (6) |
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Experiment 16 Friction And Bearings |
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67 | (1) |
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Chapter Four Newton's Laws Of Motion |
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68 | (21) |
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Experiment 17 Newton's First Law Of Motion |
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Experiment 18 Building And Testing Accelerometers |
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75 | (3) |
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Experiment 19 The Acceleration Of A Falling Object |
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78 | (3) |
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Experiment 20 Testing Newton's Second Law Of Motion |
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81 | (3) |
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Experiment 21 Testing Newton's Third Law Of Motion |
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84 | (5) |
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Chapter Five Galileo And Hooke, Two Of Newton's Precursors |
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89 | (24) |
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Experiment 22 Acceleration Due To Gravity |
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89 | (6) |
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Experiment 23 Galileo's Investigation Of A Pendulum |
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Experiment 24 Pendulums Of Different Lengths |
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Experiment 25 Coupled Pendulums |
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102 | (2) |
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Experiment 26 A Physical Pendulum |
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104 | (2) |
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Experiment 27 Springs, Forces, And Stretches |
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Experiment 28 Springs, As Pendulums |
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110 | (3) |
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Chapter Six Projects For Young Future Engineers |
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113 | (5) |
| Glossary |
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118 | (2) |
| Further Reading |
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120 | (1) |
| Career Information |
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121 | (2) |
| Index |
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