| DCS # | DEMONSTRATION | REFERENCE | ABSTRACT |
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| 1A10.00 | Basic Units | | |
| 1A10.10 | basic unit set | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1A10.10 | standards of mass, etc | M-1a | Show models of the fundamental units of mass and length and a stop clock for time. |
| 1A10.10 | basic unit set | Disc 01-01 | Show a clock with a second sweep, meter and yard sticks, and kilogram and pound mass. |
| 1A10.20 | standards of mass | PIRA 200 | Show students 1 lb, 1 kg, 1 slug masses. |
| 1A10.20 | standards of mass | 1A10.20 | Show students 1 lb, 1 kg, 1 slug masses. |
| 1A10.20 | standards of mass | Ma-2 | Show sets of calibrated weights. |
| 1A10.24 | table of masses | M-1 | A table of masses covering the range from the universe to the electron. |
| 1A10.28 | conservation of mass | 8-2.8 | Weigh a flask with Alka-Seltzer closed and open on a crude and accurate balance to aid in conservation of mass discussion. |
| 1A10.29 | TME and Glug | AJP 28(2),167 | The Technische Mass Einheit ("metric slug") = 10 Glugs. |
| 1A10.30 | standards of length | PIRA 500 | |
| 1A10.30 | standards of length | 1A10.30 | Put out standard yard and meter. |
| 1A10.30 | standards of length | Ma-1 | Standard meter and standard yard. |
| 1A10.32 | Airy points of a meter bar | AJP 34(5),419 | Support a rectangular bar at the specific points in order that the distance between engravings will not be altered by deflections due to the weight of the bar. |
| 1A10.33 | historical note | AJP 57(11),988 | Very interesting history of the development of the meter. |
| 1A10.34 | the new meter | AJP 52(7),607 | Wouldn't it be nice to start off six page article on the new meter with a concise definition of the new meter? |
| 1A10.35 | meter stick | PIRA 200 | Set out a standard meter. |
| 1A10.36 | "1 nsec" | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1A10.36 | 1 "nsec" | 1A10.36 | Cut a length of meter stick to equal the distance light travels in one nsec. |
| 1A10.38 | body units | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1A10.38 | body units | 1A10.38 | |
| 1A10.40 | clocks | PIRA 500 | |
| 1A10.40 | clocks | 1A10.40 | Set out a timer with a one second sweep, an hour glass, a metronome, etc. |
| 1A10.45 | WWV signal | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1A10.45 | WWV signal | 1A10.45 | Listen to WWV and show the signal on an oscilloscope. |
| 1A10.45 | WWV signal | Ma-3a | Listen to WWV and display on an oscilloscope. |
| 1A10.45 | WWV | M-1d | Listen to WWV and show the signal on an oscilloscope. |
| 1A10.46 | WWV on your microcomputer | AJP 55(4),378 | Use WWV to set the clock on your microcomputer and determine how fast it runs. |
| 1A10.48 | Orrery | Ma-3b | Use an Orrery to show sidereal time. |
| 1A10.49 | Siderial time | M-1e | Two clocks on permanent display show Greenwich and Sidereal time. |
| 1A10.50 | one liter cube | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1A10.50 | one liter cube | 1A10.50 | A one liter wood cube has cm square rules on each face and removable one cm sq and one cm x one dm blocks. |
| 1A10.50 | one liter cube | M-20a.6 | Picture of a one liter cube. |
| 1A10.55 | mass, volume, and density | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1A10.55 | mass, volume, and density | 1A10.55 | Compare wood and aluminum cubes, each with 10 cm sides, (equal volume). Compare a 10 cm aluminum cube with a 10 cm sq x 4 cm lead block (equal mass). Compare a is cm aluminum cube with a 10 cm sq x 4 cm aluminum block (equal density). |
| 1A10.60 | Avogadro's number box | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1A10.60 | Avogadro's number box | 1A10.60 | A cube with sides of 28.2 cm has a volume of 22.4 l at STP. |
| 1A10.60 | Avogadro's number box | 1A10.60 | |
| 1A10.60 | Avogadro's number box | H-4a | A 22.4 liter box to represent the volume of one mole at STP. |
| 1A10.65 | mole samples | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1A10.65 | mole samples | 1A10.65 | Show mole samples of carbon, iron, copper, zinc, etc. |
| 1A10.70 | density samples | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1A10.70 | density samples | 1A10.70 | One kg samples of lead, aluminum, water, wood each have 5 cm square bases. A one meter frame shows the size of approximately 1 kg of air. |
| 1A10.71 | Larry's density samples | PIRA LOCAL | Add abstract in Handbook.FM |