[time-nuts] nubie querie

Chuck Harris cfharris at erols.com
Thu Mar 11 05:22:59 UTC 2010


jimlux wrote:
> J. Forster wrote:
>> If you like starting from scratch, get a copy of "Procedures in
>> Experimental Physics" by John Strong.
>>
>> -John
>>
>>
> 
> And, relevant to the thermal time constant discussion.. That book has a 
> great section on thermal diffusion and conductivity, along with a chart 
> of material properties.
> 
> 
> A newer book is "building scientific apparatus" by Moore, et al. There's 
> a whole section on precision temperature control (where precision means 
> milliKelvin)..

Yes, it was coauthored by my thesis adviser, CC Davis.  I was working for
him while he was writing his sections.  Never noticed anything of mine in
it, though.

-Chuck Harris




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