The practical Einstein : experiments, patents, inventions /
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2012.
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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.