Experiments with the drinking bird

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1257-1263

  Guemez J ^a   Valiente, R ^a   Fiolhais, C ^b   Fiolhais, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

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EID: 0344198649     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1603272     Document Type: Article

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