TIB: physics program
[Prev][Next][Index][Thread]
TIB: physics program
Is there anyone out there taking a high-school physics class? I got
this really niffty program that I wrote to solve for the variables of
a compound microscope, but now I'm out of high school and this program
is just sitting here. Though maybe somebody might be interested...
This thing was designed specifically for a single lab that we had to
do. The idea was to design a compound microscope (2 lenses) that
provided a specific magnification. The students were required to find
the distances of the original object from the objective lens, the
distance of the image from that lens, the distance of the object for
the eyepiece and then the location of the final image. What made it
rather difficult was the fact that were so many variables, and the
final image had to be in the same place as the original object, and it
had to be magnified 35 times. Anyway, I have since learned that there
is actually an algebraic solution, but I couldn't find it. Instead,
the program goes through a series of iterations and quickly zeros in
on the answer.
Well, if you understand what that was all about and you think you
might have a use for the program, just let me know and I'll send it to
you.
Jody Snider
jody1@alaska.net
Follow-Ups: