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Volume 69, Issue 12, pp. 1221-1287

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Comment on “The van der Waals interaction,” by Barry R. Holstein [Am. J. Phys. 69 (4), 441–449 (2001)]

Barry R. Holstein

American Journal of Physics -- December 2001 -- Volume 69, Issue 12, pp. 1283

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01.65.+g History of science
03.65.-w Quantum mechanics
34.20.Gj Intermolecular and atom-molecule potentials and forces

Comment on “Walking a charged pith ball perpendicular to an electric field,” by P. J. Ouseph and C. L. Davis [Am. J. Phys. 69 (1), 88–90 (2001)]

Paul J. Dolan, Jr.

American Journal of Physics -- December 2001 -- Volume 69, Issue 12, pp. 1283

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Two geometric arguments are presented that assist in visualizing the fact that a pith ball, between two almost parallel plates, will acquire a net motion in a direction perpendicular to the electric field. © 2001 American Association of Physics Teachers.
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01.50.-i Educational aids
41.20.-q Applied classical electromagnetism

Comment on “Troy Ounces (or Tons) of Silver,” by Dean S. Edmonds [Am. J. Phys. 69 (6), 629–630 (2001)]

Burt Brody

American Journal of Physics -- December 2001 -- Volume 69, Issue 12, pp. 1284

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