Natural philosophy. including statics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, dynamics, hydrodynamics, the general theory of undulations, the science of sound, the mechanical theory of music, etc. : designed for the use of normal and grammar schools, and the higher classes in common schools (1861)
Sangster, John Herbert, 1831-1904 · Montreal : J. Lovell · leaf 162
re generally very symmetrical. Several hundredhave been figured. The accompanying illustration repre-sents a few of those obtained on square and circularplates. The plates are supposed to be fastened in a vice at the pointa, and the violin-bow drawn over the edge at the point h. Infigure III the… … -• 361. The vibrations of elastic plates are performed ac-cording to the following laws :—I. The number of vibrations is independent of the breadth of the plate.II. The number of vibrations is proportional to the thick-ness of the plate.III. The thickness being the same^ the number of vibra-tions…
Physics
Internet Archive · Western University Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.