Chapter XIV
.--SOUND AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
Nature of sound--The ear--Musical instruments--The vibration of strings--The sounding-board and the frame of a piano--The strings--The striking mechanism--The quality of a note 270
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How it Works: Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use
.--SOUND AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
Nature of sound--The ear--Musical instruments--The vibration of strings--The sounding-board and the frame of a piano--The strings--The striking mechanism--The quality of a note 270
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