[Physltest] [Phys-L] Re: Similarities in Physics; out of print, HARD to find

[Hugh Logan <hloganPHY@CFL.RR.COM>]

Bernard Cleyet wrote:

> you don't have a wave machine of our own?

Not any more. I am retired. We did have a Shive wave machine at the
Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, where I taught for 16 years
before I retired. I don't know if it survived the flood
in which the storage room for the more advanced physics equipment was
inundated with about five feet of water not long after I retired. I
heard they had a second similar flood when the street sewer system
backed up again. Way back in 1976-1977, the father of one of my students
at ChapelHill-Chauncy Hall School (an international school in Waltham,
MA) worked for Bell Telephone Laboratories. I believe he knew or worked
with Dr. Shive. In any case, he got the film that I referred to for us.
We may have had the wave machine as well. Shive type wave machines are
presently available from PASCO, but I think the original machines were
more elaborate. They included flared sections for impedance matching.
The movie I referred to showed just about everything. I can't find
anything about it on the web. There are a few video clips if you search
for "Shive wave machine video," some at NCSU, and there are references
to it on Cinema Classics. Possibly, the Shive film was issued as one of
the PSSC films, but I think we borrowed a copy from Bell Labs. Many
physics departments still list the Shive wave machine experiment or demo
on their web pages.

> A vertical one is easily made.

Somewhere, I saw instructions for making one a number of years ago.

Hugh Logan

> bc
>
> Hugh Logan wrote:
>
> > Eric T Lane wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > One of the best books I've found for
> > > exponentials, waves, etc.
> > >
> > > Similarities in Physics, John Shive / Wiley-Interscience
> > > Trade Paper / Used / $12.00
> > > http://www.powells.com/rau?s=58&d=20041121&i=4-047189785x-1
> > > Prof. Eric T. Lane   eric-lane@utc.edu
> > > Physics Dept. 2352  423-425-4523
> > > The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
> > I recall showing a movie in which John Shive demonstrated wave phenomena
> > using his torsional wave
> > machine. In particular, I remember the excellent demonstration of
> > impedance matching. I was never as impressed with live demonstrations of
> > the wave machine as with those in his movie. I believe he considers
> > analogies with other types of waves. The last time I saw the movie was
> > in 1976. I believe the movie was produced by Bell Telephone
> > Laboratories. I don't know if it is still available in some format.
> >
> > Hugh Logan
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