Contents -- Preface -- I. Laboratory rules and lab work reports -- Introduction -- Before starting your work in the Physics Lab -- In the Physics Lab -- Title of the lab work -- Purpose -- Experimental setup, devices and procedure -- Results of measurements and discussion -- Conclusions -- References -- II. Errors of measurements and their estimation -- Errors of measurements -- Errors of direct measurements -- Student's method -- Errors of indirect measurements -- The rules of rounding off significant figures -- References -- Laboratory works -- LW 1. Determination of material density and estimationof measurement errors -- III. Rotational motion: kinematical and dynamical characteristics and laws -- Angular velocity and angular acceleration -- Relating the linear and angular variables -- Rotational inertia -- Torque. Newton's second law for rotation -- Angular momentum. Conservation of angular momentum -- References -- Laboratory works -- LW 2. Verification of the Newton's second law for rotation -- LW 3. Measuring the rotational inertia of bodies -- LW 4. Determination of the rotational inertia of a system -- LW 5. Investigation of the precession of a gyroscope -- LW 6. Determination of the rotational inertia of rings -- References -- LW 7. Determination of the rotational inertia of geometrically regular shape bodies -- LW 8. Determination of the speed of a bullet by a torsion ballistic pendulum -- IV. Mechanical oscillations -- Introduction -- The simple spring oscillator -- The simple pendulum -- The physical pendulum -- Damped oscillations -- Forced oscillations and resonance -- References -- Laboratory works -- LW 9. Investigation of translational damped oscillations -- LW 10a. Investigation of torsional damped oscillations by a rotating pendulum -- LW 10b. Investigation of torsional forced oscillations by a rotating pendulum.

LW 12. Investigation of damped oscillations by a sloping pendulum -- LW 13. Measurement of free-fall acceleration by a simple and physical pendulum -- LW 11. Investigation of pendulum's forced oscillations -- V. Waves -- Introduction -- Transverse and longitudinal waves -- Interference of waves -- Standing waves and resonance -- Traveling sound wave -- Energy and power of a traveling wave -- References -- Laboratory works -- LW 14. Measurement of sound's speed in air by means of acoustic interferometer -- LW 15. Measurement of speed of sound in air by means of Kundt's method -- LW 16. Measurement of the speed of transverse waves propagation through a string -- LW 17. Measurements of interference and speed of ultra-soundwaves propagation in air -- LW 18. Measurements of speed of traveling longitudinal waves in metals and determination of Young's modulus -- VI. Molecular physics and thermodynamics -- The kinetic theory of gases -- The basics of thermodynamics -- The processes of the ideal gas -- Transport phenomena in non-equilibrium systems -- The thermal expansion of solids -- Laboratory works -- LW 19. Determination of the air viscosity coefficient and mean free path of molecules -- LW 20. Measuring the ratio of molar specific heats Cμp/CμV for air -- LW 21. Determination of the coefficient of linear expansion of solids -- LW 22. Determination of the thermal conductivity of a dielectric -- Annex.