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Scientific American, Vol. 60, No. 9 (1889) (1889)

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It will be A very simple way of performing Melde’s experi- rapidly, producing a musical note. ment, in which visible loops and nodes are produced upon a long thread, is shown in the cut accompanying this description. The well known phenomenon of the first at one and then at the other corner of the… … is produced, a different series may appear. It is easy MELDE’S EXPERIMENT WITH THE TREVELYAN by this change to throw a quiescent string into motion, ROCKER. or to stop a moving one; but it is difficult to success- fully carry the thread through two phases of vibration. is usually performed, a…

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