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The purpose of these acoustical patent reviews is to provide enough information for a Journal reader to decide whether to seek more information from the patent itself. Any opinions expressed here are those of the reviewers as individuals and are not legal opinions. Printed copies of United States Patents may be ordered at $3.00 each from the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Washington, DC 20231. Patents are available via the Internet at http://www.uspto.gov [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of these acoustical patent reviews is to provide enough information for a Journal reader to decide whether to seek more information from the patent itself. Any opinions expressed here are those of the reviewers as individuals and are not legal opinions. Printed copies of United States Patents may be ordered at $3.00 each from the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Washington, DC 20231. Patents are available via the Internet at http://www.uspto.gov. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents a problem used in teaching physics students about the relation of the physical reality to the mathematical solutions. Presentation of the physics problem in kinematics; Solution of the general problem; Graphical solution corresponding to the mathematical roots; Difficulty of understanding equations among students.

Discusses the application of dimensional analysis learned in physics classes to the study of calculus. Justification of spatial derivatives in curvilinear coordinates.