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PHYS102
H4-43: UKELELE
Category:
H4 Music
Purpose
:
Music?
H6-03: VOCAL FORMANTS - MODEL
Category:
H6 The Voice
Purpose
:
A model of vocal formants
H6-02: VOCAL FORMANTS
Category:
H6 The Voice
Purpose
:
Demonstrate the formant structure of different vocal sounds.
H4-55: YAMAHA DX7S DIGITAL SYNTHESIZER
Category:
H4 Music
Purpose
:
Demonstrate features of a modern digital synthesizer.
H4-51: MODULATION - AM AND FM
Category:
H4 Music
Purpose
:
Demonstrate AM and FM signal modulation as an introduction to vibrato and tremolo.
H4-41: DRUM
Category:
H4 Music
Purpose
:
Demonstrate a pretty drum.
H5-19: SUM AND DIFFERENCE TONES
Category:
H5 The Ear
Purpose
:
Quantitatively demonstrate sum and difference tones.
H5-16: OHM'S LAW OF HEARING - FOURIER SYNTHESIZER
Category:
H5 The Ear
Purpose
:
Validate Ohm's Law of Hearing for a simple case.
H5-13: WAVETEKS AND AUDIOCART - MASKING
Category:
H5 The Ear
Purpose
:
Demonstrate masking.
H5-12: WAVETEKS AND AUDIO CART - CRITICAL BAND
Category:
H5 The Ear
Purpose
:
Demonstrate the effect of the critical band on the sound of two simultaneous sine waves.
H5-11: WAVETEK AND AUDIOCART - FREQUENCY RANGE OF HEARING
Category:
H5 The Ear
Purpose
:
Demonstrate the approximate frequency range of human hearing.
H5-01: EAR MODEL
Category:
H5 The Ear
Purpose
:
Illustrate the parts of the ear, their spatial relationships, and their functions.
H1-32: WAVETEK AND AUDIO CART - EQUAL SOUND LEVEL STEPS
Category:
H1 Nature of Sound
Purpose
:
Illustrate the effect on the ear of successive changes of exactly 10 dB.
H4-39: PLASTIC TUBE FLUTE
Category:
H4 Music
Purpose
:
Show basic features of a very simple flute.
H4-38: CORNET
Category:
H4 Music
Purpose
:
Demonstrate the features of a cornet.
H4-37: FLEXIBLE TRUMPET
Category:
H4 Music
Purpose
:
Demonstrate some acoustical features of the trumpet.
H4-36: LIP-BLOWN TUBE
Category:
H4 Music
Purpose
:
Determine the frequencies and harmonic numbers of the resonances in a plastic tube blown like a trumpet.
H4-35: FRENCH HORN
Category:
H4 Music
Purpose
:
Show what a French horn and other similar instruments, such as the French horn, look like.
H4-33: ORGAN PIPE
Category:
H4 Music
Purpose
:
Illustrate how an organ pipe works.
H4-32: VIBRAPHONE
Category:
H4 Music
Purpose
:
Illustrate how a vibraphone works.
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A General Materials and Mathematics
A1 Basic Materials and Measurement
A2 Mathematics
B Statics
B1 Center of Mass Statics
B2 Equilibrium of Forces and Torques
B3 Simple Machines
B4 Elasticity
C Kinematics and Dynamics
C1 Center of Mass Motion
C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
C3 First Law of Motion
C4 Second Law of Motion
C5 Third Law of Motion
C6 Friction
C7 Collisions
C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
D Rotational Mechanics
D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
D2 Moment of Inertia
D3 Angular Momentum
D4 Gyroscopes
D5 Rotational Esoterica
E Gravitation and Astronomy
E1 Gravitation and Orbits
E2 Astronomy
F Fluid Mechanics
F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
F2 Buoyancy
F3 Surface Tension
F4 Fluid in Motion
F5 Forces in Moving Fluids
G Vibrations and Mechanical Waves
G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
G2 Resonance and Coupled Oscillations
G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
G4 Mechanical Waves - Two Dimensional
H Sound
H1 Nature of Sound
H2 Wave Properties of Sound
H3 Standing Sound Waves
H4 Music
H5 The Ear
H6 The Voice
I Thermodynamics
I1 Thermal Properties of Matter
I2 Transfer of Heat
I3 Gases
I4 Changes of State
I5 Laws of Thermodynamics
I6 Kinetic Theory and Statistical Mechanics
I7 Solid State and Low Temperature Physics
J Electostatics and Magnetostatics
J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
J2 Electrostatic Devices and Applications
J3 Electric FIelds and Potential
J4 Capacitance and Polarization
J5 Magnetostatics
J6 Electromagnets
J7 Magnetic Materials
K Electromagnetic Principles
K1 Forces on Moving Charges
K2 Electromagnetic Induction
K3 Transformers
K4 Motors and Generators
K5 Electrical Properties of Matter
K6 Electric Circuits and Instruments
K7 RLC Circuits
K8 Electromagnetic Waves and Sources
L Geometrical Optics
L1 Light Sources and Light Rays
L2 Plane Mirrors
L3 Curved Mirrors
L4 Refraction
L5 Total Internal Reflection
L6 Lenses
L7 Optical Instruments
M Wave Optics
M1 Interference and Diffraction - Slits and Gratings
M2 Diffraction - Circular
M3 Interferometers
M4 Thin Film Interference
M5 Interference and Diffraction Esoterica
M6 Holograms
M7 Linear Polarization and Scattering
M8 Optical Activity and Birefringence
M9 Circular Polarization
N Spectra and Color
N1 Continuous Spectra
N2 Line Spectra
N3 Color
O Vision
O1 Image Production
O2 Visual Latency
O3 Color Vision
O4 Optical Illusions
P Modern Physics
P1 Relativity
P2 Quantum Mechanics
P3 Atoms and Molecules
P4 Nuclei and Particles
Q Biophysics
Q1 Musculoskeletal Systems
Q2 Organs
Q3 Genetics and Molecular Biology
H5-01: EAR MODEL
Illustrate the parts of the ear, their spatial relationships, and their functions
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H5-02: ANATOMY OF THE EAR - SLIDES AND ATLAS
Illustrate the anatomy of the ear with actual photogrraphs
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H5-03: STETHOSCOPE
Hear with a stethoscope, and to experience the time resolution between the two ears
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H5-11: WAVETEK AND AUDIOCART - FREQUENCY RANGE OF HEARING
Demonstrate the approximate frequency range of human hearing
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H5-12: WAVETEKS AND AUDIO CART - CRITICAL BAND
Demonstrate the effect of the critical band on the sound of two simultaneous sine waves
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H5-13: WAVETEKS AND AUDIOCART - MASKING
Demonstrate masking
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H5-15: EFFECT OF HARMONIC CONTENT ON TONE QUALITY
Illustrate Ohm's Law of Hearing, and to hear the sounds of complex waves produced by the Fourier Synthesizer
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H5-16: OHM'S LAW OF HEARING - FOURIER SYNTHESIZER
Validate Ohm's Law of Hearing for a simple case
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H5-17: WAVETEKS AND AUDIO CART - QUALITY BEATS
Demonstrate second order or quality beats
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H5-18: DIFFERENCE FREQUENCIES - AUDIO CART
Demonstrate difference tones
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H5-19: SUM AND DIFFERENCE TONES
Quantitatively demonstrate sum and difference tones
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H5-20: HEARING SCIENCE LABORATORY - FREQUENCY JND
Demonstrate the frequency just noticeable difference and, in general, to demonstrate a large number of hearing tests as performed by
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H5-21: THREE DECIBELS
Demonstrate the logarithmic nature of dBs
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H5-22: EFFECT OF ATTACK TRANSIENT ON TONE QUALITY OF CORNET
Illustrate how attack transients strongly affect the tone quality of a musical instrument
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H5-31: DIPLACUSIS AND BINAURAL BEATS
Demonstrate individually the phenomena of binaural beats and diplacusis
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H5-41: COMPACT DISC - AUDITORY DEMONSTRATIONS
Provides a wide variety of auditory demonstrations and illusions, monaural and binaural
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H5-42: AUDIOTAPE 24 MIN - GETTING THROUGH
Demonstrate some hearing defects common to hearing impaired individuals, and to illustrate how these defects can be partially corrected using
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H5-43: AUDIOTAPE 6 MIN - SHEPARD'S TONES
Illustrate the audio analog to the "spiral staircase" effect
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H5-44: AUDIOTAPE 55 MIN - AUDIO DEMONSTRATIONS
Illustrate a variety of audio demonstrations and effects
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H5-45: AUDIOTAPE 32 MIN - AUDITORY ILLUSIONS AND EXPTS
Illustrate a variety of audio effects and illusions
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H5-46: COMPACT DISC - MUSICAL ILLUSIONS AND PARADOXES
Demonstrate sound illusions
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H5-47: COMPACT DISC - PHANTOM WORDS AND OTHER CURIOSITIES
Demonstrate audible illusions
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H5-48: COMPACT DISC - SHEPARD'S TONES
Illustrate the audio analog to the "spiral staircase" effect
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H5-49: McGURK EFFECT
Illustrate the McGurk Effect
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