Text-book of general physics, for the use of colleges and scientific schools (1899)
Hastings, Charles Sheldon · Boston: Ginn & company · leaf 604
ring lightly so as to make it yield theharmonics. The vibrational form of the string discussed(Art. 517) is not exactly that of the wave whichreaches the ear, for the string, does not itself readily com-municate its vibrations to the air. This transfer of ener^v iseffected by the sonorous body of… … 594 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. lower two of which are covered with silvered copper wire.They are tuned to fifths as follows: e, g, d\ ar. 528. Violoncello. — The violoncello is a still larger instru-ment of about the same shape with two plain and two wire-covered gut strings. They are tuned to fifths…
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