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 290
s skin on wooden frames. In the drum, the skins are stretched on the ends of a cylindrical box.When one end is struck, it communicates its vibrations to the internalcolumn of air, and the sound is thus considerably strengthened. The cordsstretched against the lower skin strike against it when it… … Fig. 274 sufficiently strong. Fig. 274 shows a membrane vibrating under theinfluence of the vibrations in the air caused by a sounding bell. Fine sandstrewn on the membrane shows the formation of nodal lines just as uponplates. Membranes are eminently fitted for taking up the vibrations of the air,…
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