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Scientific amusements (1890)

Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 517

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he little pellet of wax or paperdescribe an ellipse more or less elongated, or even a circlewill be described if the vibrations be frequent. The effectis much enhanced if the experiment be performed beneath i6o SOUND. a lamp, so that plenty of light may fall upon the vibratingneedle. In this case,… … Experiment showing vibration of sound waves. conical glass, like the old form of champagne glass, isrising from the cork, as shown in the illustration annexed.Acoustics may be studied in the same way as otherbranches of physical science. We will describe an in-teresting experiment, which gives a…

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