A Description of an Experiment Involving the Use of a Modified Drum-Type Spherometer for Measuring the Rate of Weathering

Authors

Darrell D. Young, State University College of BuffaloFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

For the teacher who is interested in teaching a unit on weathering, the cemetery may provide unlimited amounts of data. As an exercise in weathering, a measuring instrument was devised and tested by the author on tombstones in the Buffalo area. The instrument used and the results of the test are described as follows.

Publication Date

October 1970

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers' Journal

Volume

8

Issue

1

First Page

23

Last Page

24

Copyright

© Copyright 1970 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Young, Darrell D. (1970) "A Description of an Experiment Involving the Use of a Modified Drum-Type Spherometer for Measuring the Rate of Weathering," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 8: No. 1, Article 11.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol8/iss1/11