Abstract
THE effect of Mr. Melde's pretty experiments with the vibrating stretched thread attached to one of the prongs of a tuning-fork is often spoiled to the spectators by the unfavourable plane of vibration assumed by the thread. A very simple device removes this inconvenience, and enables the operator to suit his own choice for the plane of vibration. The accompanying sketch sufficiently explains itself, and shows the arrangement for restricting the vibrations to the vertical plane.
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SIDGREAVES, W. Note on Mr. Melde's Vibrating Strings. Nature 41, 355–356 (1890). https://doi.org/10.1038/041355a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/041355a0