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A sufficiently pure metallic surface can only be obtained by immersing the platinum in very strong hot sulphuric acid and then washing it in distilled water , or by making it the positive pole of a galvanic pile in dilute sulphuric acid ...
A sufficiently pure metallic surface can only be obtained by immersing the platinum in very strong hot sulphuric acid and then washing it in distilled water , or by making it the positive pole of a galvanic pile in dilute sulphuric acid ...
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Various musical instruments have been constructed , consisting of metallic springs thrown into vibration by a current of air . Among the most perfect of these are Mr. Wheatstone's Symphonion , Concertina , and Æolian Organ , instruments ...
Various musical instruments have been constructed , consisting of metallic springs thrown into vibration by a current of air . Among the most perfect of these are Mr. Wheatstone's Symphonion , Concertina , and Æolian Organ , instruments ...
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A glass or metallic rod , when struck at one end , or rubbed in the direction of its length with a wet finger , vibrates longitudinally , like a column of air , by the alternate condensation and expansion of its constituent particles ...
A glass or metallic rod , when struck at one end , or rubbed in the direction of its length with a wet finger , vibrates longitudinally , like a column of air , by the alternate condensation and expansion of its constituent particles ...
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In a metallic plate , these divisions may amount to thirty - six or forty . The next is the concentric system , where the sand arranges itself in circles , having the same centre with the plate ; and the third ...
In a metallic plate , these divisions may amount to thirty - six or forty . The next is the concentric system , where the sand arranges itself in circles , having the same centre with the plate ; and the third ...
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The sounds of an entire orchestra may be transmitted and reciprocated by connecting one end of a metallic rod with a sounding - board near the orchestra , so placed as to resound to all the instruments ...
The sounds of an entire orchestra may be transmitted and reciprocated by connecting one end of a metallic rod with a sounding - board near the orchestra , so placed as to resound to all the instruments ...
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