| RefNo | PP/6/12 |
| Previous numbers | PP/38/12 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Observations on the upper partial tones of a pianoforte string, struck at one-eighth of its length' by Alfred James Hipkins |
| Creator | Hipkins; Alfred James (1826-1903); English musician; musicologist |
| Date | [1884-1885] |
| Description | Hipkins writes: 'This is a postscript to my paper on the harmonics of such a string, read on the 20th of November, 1884 [see PP/5/25]. According to Professor Helmholtz’s theories, the tone of a struck string is compounded of a number of simple partial tones, with the ratios of their frequencies as 1, 2, 3, 4, &c.'
Annotations in pencil and ink.
Subject: Music / Physics
Received 7 January 1885. Read 15 January 1885. Communicated by Alexander John Ellis.
A version of this paper was published in volume 38 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Observations on the upper partial tones of a pianoforte string, struck at one-eighth of its length'. |
| Extent | 5p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and coloured pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1884.0071 |
| RelatedRecord | PP/5/25 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6159 | Ellis; Alexander John (1814 - 1890); mathematician | 1814 - 1890 |