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NPL Beginners Guide to Measurement - Length

How do we know how long a metre is? An overview of how lengths are defined.

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http://www.npl.co.uk/server.php?show=nav.392

Using the vernier calipers and micrometer screw gauge

The precision of length measurements may be increased by using a device that uses a sliding vernier scale. Two such instruments that are based on a vernier scale which you will use in the laboratory ...

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http://www.phy.uct.ac.za/courses/c1lab/vernier1.html

Coherence Length

Definition of coherence length from Eric Weissteins's World of Physics.

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http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/CoherenceLength.html

Focal length of diverging lens

Animation enables the object position, in front of a diverging lens, to be altered. Exercise to calculate focal length, no check on answer.

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http://webphysics.davidson.edu/applets/Optics/prb9.html

Conversions - Length

This site allows you to convert between a wide variety of length units. Enter the value to convert from in the 'From' box and select its units from the list. Then select the units to convert to from ...

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http://www.tcaep.co.uk/science/conversions/length.htm

Focal Length

For a thin double convex lens, all parallel rays will be focused to a point referred to as the principal focal point. The distance from the lens to that point is the principal focal length f of the ...

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/geoopt/foclen.html#c1

Lorentz Transformation

A summary page covering time dilation and length contraction.

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/relativ/ltrans.html#c1

Mass, length and time.

Flowchart through many equations. Site was easy to follow if uninteresting. Links to SI units and conversions. Many branches to the tree.

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/units.html

Disappearing Act

Certain patterns confuse your eyes and brain, causing you to misjudge the size of a circle, or the length of a line. This site contains a shockwave demonstrations of an optical illusion.

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http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/disappearing_act/shock_dis_act.html

Depth Spinner

Certain patterns confuse your eyes and brain, causing you to misjudge the size of a circle, or the length of a line. This site contains a shockwave demonstrations of an optical illusion.

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http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/depth_spinner/index.html

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