Practical Physics
Practical Physics
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作者:
G. Searle
RECENT years have seen a great development in the teaching of practical physics, and a great increase in the number of laboratories in which instruction in the elementary pirts of the subject can be given to large classes of students. So much has this been the case, that now practicil physics is taught in a good many of our schools, and forms one of the subjects in numerous examinations. Those who hive been largely concerned in the establishment of classes for practical instruction in physics, and have had some experience in actual teaching, have often felt the need of a suitable book to put into the hinds of their students, and have endeavoured, each for himself, to supply this want. This is the origin of several books on practical physics, such as Glazebrook and Shaw's manual (to take an English example), and the work before us. The authors of such books are able to employ the MS. or the proof-sheets in the instruction of their students, and thus are able to obtain a practical test of their work before sending it forth to the public, with the result that the books are generally very satisfactory for the purposes for which they are designed. The only drawback is that each book is apt to appeal only to a particular type of students, and to give descriptions of the apparatus in a particular laboratory.