Important corrections in edition 6 of Physics Handbook

Page 38, value in column 4: Expansion coefficient of common water = 0.51 * 10-3 K-1

Pages 27 and 60: "http://www.cyberchem.utm.my/am1/periodic" with Properties of the Elements has been closed for unauthorized users. Use the following instead:

Page 60: "http://cst.lanl.gov/CST/imagemap/periodic/periodic.html"
               has been moved to: http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/

Pages 64-65: The symbol for magnesium, element 12, is Mg, and the symbol of selenium, element 34, is Se.

Page 165: Change + to - in formula in the middle of the page:

Ixy = I*x'y'  - m X Y

Pages 170-171: The shading of the ellipsoid on page 171 is found on page 170.

Page 425: Galilei did not invent the telescope:
               1609    Galieo Galilei improves the telescope invented by Hans Lippershey
                            in Holland 1608 and makes epoch-making astronomical observations.


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