The practical Einstein : experiments, patents, inventions /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Illy, József, 1933-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1.Musings
  • The Flettner Ship
  • Why Do Rivers Meander?
  • 2.Experiments
  • Michelson, Morley, and Eotvos Reinvented
  • The Mass of the Electron
  • Ampere's Molecular Currents
  • The Velocity of Gas Reactions
  • A Geodynamo Model?
  • Light: Waves or Particles?
  • Explaining Superconductivity
  • 3.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
  • 4.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
  • 5.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.