| Description | Hardback notebook titled 'Brighton Tech[nical ] Physics 1939', comprising Wilkie's notes on his experiments, dated 1939-1940, conducted at Brighton Technical College, in the department of Physics, signed by W. H. Bilson, the Head of Department at the time. Includes notes and diagrams on the following experiments:
Determination of M& H (magnet experiment), 29 September 1939
Determination of the horizontal component of the Earth's Field using the Tangent Galvanometer, 4 October 1939
Determination of the moment of a magnet by consideration of neutral points, 8 October 1939
Determination of the resistance of a voltmeter, 12 October 1939
Experiments to determine the focal length of a convex lens, 14 October 1939
Determination of the focal length of a lens by displacement method, 19 October 1939
Determination of the refractive index of a rectangular glass slab, 21 October 1939
Determination of refractive indices, 26 October 1939
Determination of the specific gravity of alcohol, 28 October 1939
Experiments on the use of the spherometer, 8 November 1939
Determination of the radii of curvature of lens faces, 10 November 1939
Location of the centres of gravity of diverse laminae, 15 November 1939
Experimental verification that T=RL2 for a simple pendulum, 10 November 1939
Verification of the Inverse Square Law, 17 November 1939
Determination of the magnetic moment of a given magnet, 22 November 1939
Comparison of the E. M. Fs of cells by means of the potentiometer, 24 November 1939
Comparison of two small resistances by Mathieson & Hockin's Method, 6 December 1939
Determination of the refractive index of a liquid, 9 January 1940
Determination of the refractive indices of liquids by critical angle methods, 12 January 1940
Determination of the relation between electrical and heat energy, 19 January 1940
Determination of the efficiency of an electric water heater, 24 January 1940
Comparison of the surface tensions of water and alcohol, 31 January 1940
Determination of the specific heat aluminium by cooling method, 2 February 1940
Determination of the refractive index of a lens (with a travelling microscope), 7 February 1940
Determination of the refractive index of a concave lens, 9 February 1940
Determination of the resistance of a coil by heating method, 14 February 1940
Determination of the refractive index of a prism by spectrometer method, 21 February 1940
Determination of the difference between two resistances by Carey Foster's method, 25 February 1940
Comparison of two small resistances, 28 January 1940
Experiments involving the use of the resonance tube, 1 March 1940
Experiments involving the use of the sonometer: Verification of the sonometer law, 6 March 1940
Determination of the resistivity of an electrolyte, 5 April 1940
Determine g using a long pendulum suspended from an inaccesible point, 12 April 1940
Determination of the E. M. Fs of cells by use of the standard potentiometer, 17 May 1940
Correction of an ammeter by means of the standard potentiometer, 22 May 1940
Determination of the value of a resistance by the standard potentiometer, 24 May 1940
Determination of "g" by the falling plate method, 30 May 1940
Determination of the frequencing of a fork by Melde's experiments, 31 May 1940 |