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Page 438
... vibrations of the strings are communicated to it by a bridge on which the strings rest . The soundboard amplifies the sound of the strings by permitting them to set a large mass of air into vibration rather than the very small mass of ...
... vibrations of the strings are communicated to it by a bridge on which the strings rest . The soundboard amplifies the sound of the strings by permitting them to set a large mass of air into vibration rather than the very small mass of ...
Page 446
... vibrating the strings by blowing a current of air past them , as in the piano éolien of 1837. The most successful of these other instruments in one way or another adopted the principle of the hurdy- gurdy : i.e. , vibrating the strings ...
... vibrating the strings by blowing a current of air past them , as in the piano éolien of 1837. The most successful of these other instruments in one way or another adopted the principle of the hurdy- gurdy : i.e. , vibrating the strings ...
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... vibration at right angles to the direction of travel . A universal medium pervading all space and called the ether ... vibration . Because a continuous medium has an infinite number of modes of vibration , and the atoms ( which ...
... vibration at right angles to the direction of travel . A universal medium pervading all space and called the ether ... vibration . Because a continuous medium has an infinite number of modes of vibration , and the atoms ( which ...
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