Elementary treatise on physics, experimental and applied : for the use of colleges and schools (1906)
Ganot, A. (Adolphe), 1804-1887, Atkinson, Edmund, 1831-1901, Reinold, A. W. (Arnold William), 1843-1921 · New York : Wood · leaf 272
may be either transverse or longitudinal; but practically theformer are alone important. Transverse vibrations may be produced bydrawing a bow across the string, as in the case of the violin ; or by strikingthe string, as in the case of the pianoforte ; or by twitching it transversely,and then… … Fig. 247 It consists of a box of thin wood—which acts as a resonator and has theeffect of greatly strengthening the sound—on which are two fixed bridgesA and D (fig. 247), over which and over the pulley n passes the string C,which is usually a metal wire. This is fastened at one end, and stretched…
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