Elementary treatise on physics experimental and applied for the use of colleges and schools (1890)
Ganot, A. (Adolphe), 1804-1887, Atkinson, E. (Edmund) · New York : W. Wood · leaf 259
y be either transverse or lo?tgitudi?ial, but practicallythe former are alone important. Transverse vibrations may be producedby drawing a bow across the string, as in the case of the violin ; or bystriking the string, as in the case of the pianoforte : or by pulling it trans-versely, and then… … Fig. 234 because it has often only one string. In addition to the string, it consistsof a box of thin wood which has the effect of strengthening the sound ; thisit does by presenting a far larger area to the air than the string itself.On this there are two fixed bridges, A and D (fig. 234), over…
Physics
Internet Archive · University of Connecticut Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
