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Scan 58
Notes on the Construction of the Violin, 1902
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1gards elasticity and resistance to flexure. The velocity of sound in any substance is directly proportional to the square root of its coefficient of elasticity, and inversely proportional to the square root of its density; consequently the equality of the pitch of the notes yielded by rods of different substances (or rods of different specimens of the same wood), merely indicates that the ratio
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4\frac{\text{coefficient of elasticity}}{\text{density}}
5\]
7is the same in both cases. The absolute values of the coefficient of elasticity (which is directly proportional to the resistance to
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