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Thank you very much for all of the responses and insight! Due to my limited exposure to engineering, and the fact that I have for the most part enjoyed my physics courses, I was simply assuming that a physics master's was the way to go. But now I think I am quickly changing my mind based on all...

So, I've come to the end of my undergraduate education, and am a bit stuck on the next step to take. Quick background: I'm a physics major with a math minor, and have but one semester to go until I graduate in December 2013 (will be done with physics and math by spring 2013 but due to a...

We have drawers and cabinets full of optical accessories. I'm sure they're hanging around somewhere. It's just hard to find the right ones since I can't locate a manual haha!

My apologies. I was referring to the technology behind the apparatuses (vacuum tubes and the like), not to people. It would be great to hear from people who actually have used set-ups like this before. Our professors here are just a bunch of young whipper-snappers :biggrin:

Haha, don't worry, I'm not going to throw any of it away! We just have a bunch of equipment that hasn't been used in at least a decade (or more than half a century). Would you know anywhere I could go or a source I could consult to find some documentation or manuals on these setups? We...

Here's the second one. This is the one I believe may be from the 40s.

Well, not necessarily mahogany and brass, but we do have some really old stuff. I believe some of it dates from the 40s. It is a possibility I'll find even older stuff hanging around though; I'm sure this thread will become longer as I find or am assigned more equipment to investigate :) So...

Hello, I am an undergrad in my senior year at a small liberal arts college. This summer, I have been given the task of assessing our physics labs. Specifically, we have a lot of old equipment that the professors don't know much about, and they would like me to find out if it works anymore...

Hello all, I've seen variants of this question posted, but I have a few different circumstances I'd like to ask about, so thank you for your patience in allowing me to post it again :) In the fall, I will be a senior physics major and will have 3 semesters (will probably be taking an extra...