Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 518
d.Acoustics may be studied in the same way as otherbranches of physical science. We will describe an in-teresting experiment, which gives a very good idea of thetransmission of sounds through solid bodies. A silver CONDUCTION. i6i spoon is fastened to a thread, the ends of which arethrust into both… … Conduction of sound by solid bodies. are listening to the double diapason of an organ. Thisexperiment explains perfectly the transmission of spokenwords by means of the string of a telephone, anotherfeontrivance which any one may make for himself withoutany trouble whatever. Two round pieces of…
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