Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Physical Review (Series I)
Publisher
American Physical Society
Rights and Access Note
©1899 American Physical Society
Publication Date
1899
First Page
49
Last Page
53
Issue Number
1
Volume Number
8
Abstract/ Summary
In working with an interferometer it was observed that one could slide the brass plate which carries the movable mirror along the bed upon which it lies so that the fringes would suffer displacement for a small but definite amount, and that when the plate was released they would return to their original position. The idea occurred to me that it might be possible to measure these displacements for given weights applied to move the mirror-plate, and ascertain if they followed any law, and what relation these experiments bore to the ordinary experiments for finding the coefficients of friction.
Repository Citation
Stevens, James S., "Some Experiments in Molecular Contact" (1899). Physics and Astronomy Faculty Scholarship. 7.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/phy_facpub/7
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Stevens, J. S. (1899). Some Experiments in Molecular Contact. Physical Review (Series I), 8(1), 49–53. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevseriesi.8.49
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevSeriesI.8.49
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