Science and music / [by Sir James Jeans].

  • Jeans, James, 1877-1946.
Date:
1947
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Credit: Science and music / [by Sir James Jeans]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    usually made of very fibrous wood (generally spruce), cut in such a way that the vibrations do not spread as freely side¬ ways as longitudinally, whereas the wood of which the back is made shews no such peculiarity. It seems possible that X-ray analysis may in time solve the riddle presented by these old violins, and enable manufacturers to build violins of Stradivarius quality by mass-production, if they please.