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Reference numberAP/51/5
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished extract, 'On approach caused by vibration' by Frederick Guthrie
Date1869
DescriptionThis is an unpublished section of a paper by Guthrie which was abstracted in volume 18 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On approach caused by vibration'. In the paper, Guthrie observes that when a vibrating tuning fork is held close to a piece of cardboard, the latter has a tendency to approach the fork. Starting from this experiment, a series of experiments is described having for their object the determination of the cause and conditions of the fundamental observed fact.

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.

Subject: Physics
Extent7p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1869.0029
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6408Guthrie; Frederick (1833 - 1886)1833 - 1886
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