History of AAPT — Publications and Reports; The Apparatus
Competition Meanwhile a memorial of another kind was established
to honor Lloyd W. Taylor of Oberlin College, a charter member
and President of the Association 1943-45, who lost his life in a
mountain climbing accident in 1948. This memorial was a manual
of advanced laboratory experiments in physics. Authorized in
1951 but beset with numerous delays, The Lloyd William Taylor
Manual of Advanced Undergraduate Experiments in Physics came off
the press in June 1958. The book, produced by a committee
chaired by T.B. Brown, contains experiments developed by
teachers from their own laboratory experience. This volume was
supplemented by the Novel Experiments in Physics (AAPT, Stony
Brook, NY, 1964 and 1975). Valuable committee reports and
conference recommendations have appeared in AJP; lengthy items
have appeared separately as occasional publications of the AAPT
Executive Office. Among the significant AJP reports has been
that of the Coulomb’s Law Committee,