
The Amateur Scientist, February 1976
Thin-layer chromatography: a convenient way of separating things that are very much alike
Thin-layer chromatography: a convenient way of separating things that are very much alike
How an amateur can construct a model of an enzyme molecule at modest cost
Diverse topics, starting with how to supply-electric power to something that is turning
How to build and work with a Skinner box for the training of small animals
An amateur's version of A. A. Michelson's apparatus for measuring the speed of light
Electronic stratagems are the key-to making a sensitive seismometer
Graphs that predict when planets will line up with another planet or the sun
Among other things, a greenhouse shade that re-creates the lighting of the Tropics
Diverse topics, from enhanced astronomical photographs to an ingenious electric motor
Making a refractometer for the identification of liquids
An amateur undertakes the ultimate in mechanical precision, a ruling engine
The ultimate in sailing is a rig without a hull.
The pleasures and problems of raising snails in the home
A high school student builds a recording spectrophotometer
Hang gliding, or sky surfing, with a high-performance low-speed wing
Of cross-staffs, paraboloids, sun viewers and other useful tools and experiments
Electrostatic motors are powered by the electric field of the earth
A venerable clock is made highly accurate by equipping it with quartz-crystal works
An air flash lamp advances color schlieren photography
The polariscope as a measuring instrument and as a means of creating objects of art
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