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Re: vibrating bar supported by light string to reduce damping
From
: John Denker <
jsd@AV8N.COM
>
Date
: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 15:00:28 -0400
I wrote:
>>While you're at it, don't forget to cite Thag, the person who
>>made the first metal bar, and Oona, the person who invented thread.
>>
>>:-)
Herbert H Gottlieb responded:
the best advice I have ever seen on this network!
1) I'm glad Herb (and presumably many others) enjoyed my remark.
2) I realize that sarcasm, like certain wines, doesn't travel
well, and has some potential to cause harm instead of mirth.
So let me decode my remarks: The idea of suspending a resonator
from a filament goes back to the paleolithic (>15,000 years ago).
http://www.google.com/search?q=paleolithic+xylophones
So the basic idea predates Thag (metal: 5000 years ago) and even
Oona (spun thread: probably "only" 8000 -- 10,000 years ago).
If you insist on _metallic_ resonators, try this:
http://www.google.com/search?q=bronze-age+gongs
==============
Email the editor and offer to put in a footnote about prehistoric
resonators if he thinks it's necessary. I suspect he'll decline
the offer.
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