Tyndall, John, 1820-1893 · London : Longmans, Green · leaf 401
bolic curves ; and this mustbe their character according to the principle of interference. This remarkable case of interference, which was firstnoticed by Dr. Thomas Young, and thoroughly investi-gated by the brothers Weber, may be rendered audibleby means of resonance. Bringing a vibrating fork… … ings of the sound accompanying the forks rotation. Whilethe fork is over the jar with its corner downwards, andthe sound entirely extinguished, let a pasteboard tube bepassed over one of its prongs, as in fig. 174, a loud re-sonance announcesthe withdrawal ofthe vibrations ofthat prong. To ob-tain…
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