The outlines of physics: an elementary text-book (1897)
Nichols, E. L. (Edward Leamington), 1854-1937 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., Ltd. · leaf 369
provided with a mirror arranged as inFig. 326, movements which are characteristic of the com-bined vibrations may be obtained. With parallel vibra-tions the foregoing experiment upon beats may be obtained.When the vibrations are perpendicular to one another,certain figures are obtained, the… … Fig. 327. are used in the comparison and adjustment of tuning forks.They afford one of the most delicate methods for the de-termination of relative pitch. THE VIBRATION OF STBINGS ~355 CHAPTER XXXVIITHE VIBRATION OF STRINGS 321. Modes of Vibration. — A vibrating string is alwaysfixed at both ends,…
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