Princeton University Physics Department Physics 103/105 Lab Manual Fall 2009 Physics 103/105 labs start Monday September 21, 2008. It's important that you go to the lab section that you signed up for. We will be expecting you! You should have a lab book and a scientific calculator when you come to your first lab. (See details in the Orientation section following.) Each week, before you come to lab: Read the procedure for that week's lab, and any additional reading required. The Prelab problems are optional, but please work them if it appears that they will be of help to you. Also, for the first week: Read the “Orientation to Physics 103/105 Lab” and “Error Analysis – Guidance and Reference Text” sections of this packet, and the assigned sections in Taylor. Physics 103 Course Director: Jim Olsen,
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[email protected], 258-54418 PHYSICS 103/105 LAB MANUAL Table of Contents Title Page Lab Schedule iii Orientation to Physics 103/105 lab v Error Analysis – Guidance and Reference Text xi Lab #1: Encountering the Equipment; Bouncing Balls, etc. 1 Lab #2: Describing Measurement Variability 17 Lab #3: Free Fall, Terminal Velocity 31 Lab #4: Collisions and Conservations 37 Lab #5: Inclined Planes and Energy Conservation 45 Lab #6: Two Nice Experiments in Rotational Motion 51 Lab #7: Fluids 57 Lab #8: Coupled Pendulums and Normal Modes 65 Lab #9: Precision Measurement of g 75 Lab #10: The Speed of Sound and Specific Heats of Gases 87 Appendix A: Data Analysis with Excel 97 ii Princeton University Physics 103/105 Lab, Fall 2008 Physics Department LAB SCHEDULE Remember: Always read the writeup and any reference material before coming to lab.