Forrest Mims' Science Experiments

Index

Numbers

555 timer, using with PunkPAC, 166, 169

1970s, hobby computer era of, 181–183

8008 microprocessor, 181

A

aerosols

detecting, 63

forecast, 10, 123

African dust, collecting, 49–50, 126

air samplers

airborne type, 53

flying, 53–55

from kites, 51–52

limitations, 10–12

passive type, 48–49

airborne air sampler, making, 53

AlGaAs (aluminum gallium arsenide), 150

Allen, Paul, 182–184, 204

Altair 8800 computer, 181–182, 193–197, 204

Altair emulator, 196

Altair replica kits, 197

Alternaria spore, 49

“The Amateur Scientist” column, ix

amber, scanning, 87

amplifier

optical fiber seismometer, 28

twilight photometer, 66

APC (Atari Punk Console), 165–166

artifacts and fossils, scanning, 85

Asian dust, 50, 126

Atmospheric Environment, 12

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