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Scan 52
Notes on the Construction of the Violin, 1902
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1piece of sycamore, of the usual form sold for violin-making, were taken at random from the stock of a London dealer. From each piece of wood a rod was cut (with its length in the direction of the axis of the tree) of the same length and width as Savart's rods, but ten millimetres thick. On vibrating these rods in the manner just described (by striking them sharply at the centre), the pine rod gave the note corresponding to 1338 vibrations, and the sycamore the note corresponding to 1024 vibrations.
3Since these rods are twice as thick as Savart's rods, the vibration numbers must be halved to make the comparison; thus giving
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