Uber Longitudinal Schwingungen der Saiten und Stabe
pamphlet
1796 · Erfurt
by CHLADNI, Ernst Florens Friedrich
Erfurt: Georg Adam Keyser, 1796. pamphlet. very good. 14 pages, tall slim 8vo., later cloth-backed marbled boards; ex-lib., heavily foxed. Erfurt: Georg Adam Keyser, 1796. Very good. Scarce. An amateur musician and instrument maker fascinated by the phenomenon of sound, Chladni is now famous for studying the vibrations of surfaces by observing the patterns created by sound waves on sand-covered plates (known commonly now as "Chladni plates". (Inventory #: 266386)