The AAPT apparatus competition 1963

SEP 01, 1963

Marcel Bardon

The Third Biennial Apparatus Competition once again attracted the interest of many of the visitors and participants at the joint meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers and the American Physical Society held in New York in January. This competition for new and improved apparatus for undergraduate college physics laboratories and lecture demonstrations is conducted by the AAPT Committee on Apparatus.

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